Ontario long-term care homes could soon have nurse practitioners overseeing residents' medical care instead of physicians, a move applauded by nurses and the homes but not supported by doctors.
A new report estimates a cancer patient will face almost $33,000 on average in out-of-pocket cancer-related costs in their lifetime, including loss of income.
While platforms like Bluesky now offer a promising alternative X/Twitter, none yet replicate the real-time conference reporting and global interaction that made Twitter indispensable in its prime.
Meta-analysis of 3,374 cases of complicated appendicitis operated on by laparoscopy has once again called into question the relevance of this practice.
Study found the rate of metastatic cancer was significantly higher in cases of local recurrence compared with patients who had undergone total mesorectal excision.
