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- 9/23/2013
Laparoscopic surgery: There’s more to it than the money
Surgeons differ over reasons for increased uptake - 9/23/2013
Trailblazers: Pushing the envelope
Working with colleagues in Canada and Russia, Dr. Luis Schang has found a new way of stopping enveloped viruses from infecting cells - 9/23/2013
SARS doctor Donald Low pleads for legalized assisted suicide in posthumous video
TORONTO | The infectious disease doctor who guided Toronto through the 2003 SARS crisis made an appeal prior to his death for Canada to change the law and legalize assisted suicide. Dr. Donald Low made his plea in an emotional video shot eight days before his death last week from a brain tumour. - 9/23/2013
Nursing student’s first patient is her father; she helps save him after massive heart attack
Anna Kraemer, a 20-year-old second semester nursing student at the University of Kentucky College of Nursing, thought briefly about reviewing the steps to CPR on her smart phone, but there was no time as she dragged the unconscious body out of the car onto the pavement outside the UK Emergency Department and began CPR. - 9/23/2013
The right nurse in the right place at the right time
Ten ways to practise evidence-based staffing and scheduling in healthcare - 9/23/2013
Interrupting the surgeon may endanger patients on the wards
Residents give unsafe answers when paged during surgery - 9/23/2013
Different Strokes: A supporting role in the NICU
Sunnybrook’s parent co-ordinator guides families through the difficult early days of caring for premature infants - 9/23/2013
Weight loss fails to protect the heart in type 2 diabetes
But lifestyle change has other benefits, argues Canadian physician