E-Health Newsletter July/August 2010 #14
Discovery may slow the growth of malignant melanoma
A new discovery by Queen's pathology researchers shows that the growth of melanoma, one of the most deadly forms of skin cancer, can be slowed by a little known gene called MicroRNA 193b.
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Reporting Side Effects
Health Canada has launched a new Consumer Side Effect Reporting Form to make it even easier for consumers to report side effects to drugs and other health products to the Canada Vigilance Program.
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Health Canada has launched a new Consumer Side Effect Reporting Form to make it even easier for consumers to report side effects to drugs and other health products to the Canada Vigilance Program.
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Clinical Services Roadmap Initiative
Georgina Thompson, Board Chair, and Paul Huras, CEO, of the South East Local Health Integration Network (LHIN), today announced an initiative that will improve overall access to high quality health care for residents across southeastern Ontario.
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Public urged to use emergency services at Kingston hospitals wisely through summer months
The Urgent Care Centre at Hotel Dieu Hospital and Emergency Department at Kingston General Hospital are advising people needing non-urgent medical care to see their family doctor or to use walk-in medical clinics during the busy summer season, especially during the holiday weekends.
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Pediatricians can help parents wean their babies off feeding from a bottle sooner, a new Canadian study suggests.
Prolonged bottle feeding beyond 15 months to two years of age has been linked to excessive milk intake and iron deficiency. Children who are iron deficient are more likely to show behavioural problems, less likely to do well in school, more likely to have tooth decay and — in rare cases — more likely to have a stroke as a child, said the study's lead author, pediatrician Dr. Jonathon Maguire of St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto.
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Heat Wave Advice
Dr. Arlene King, Ontario's Chief Medical Officer of Health, is reminding Ontarians to take special care to prevent heat-related illness during periods of extremely high temperatures. Dr. King warns that anyone can suffer heat-related illness when their bodies are unable to compensate for the extreme temperatures and properly cool. Those who are especially at risk include infants under one year of age, seniors 65 years and older, and people with chronic medical conditions.
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Questions to ask about clinical trials
You have just heard about a clinical trial testing a new treatment for cancer. Perhaps your doctor has mentioned that patients with your particular type of cancer are being enrolled in a trial in your city or town.
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Limit consumption of energy drinks, says medical journal
A wake-up call to parents and government agencies about the dangers of energy drinks was issued in an editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
“Caffeine-loaded energy drinks have now crossed the line from beverages to drugs delivered as tasty syrups,” read the editorial, “Caffeinating children and youth.”
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Repairs To City's Downtown Parking Garages Affects Parking for Hospital Patients
The City of Kingston has started construction work on downtown parking garages. The Chown parking garage across the street from Hotel Dieu Hospital will remain open, but the number of parking spaces has been temporarily reduced while repairs are made.
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Local agencies surveying Kingston residents about their use of active transportation
Kingston residents will be asked about their use of active transportation—from riding their bike to work, walking their children to school, or rollerblading to the corner store—in a telephone survey being conducted by KFL&A Public Health and the Kingston Coalition for Active Transportation (KCAT).
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You have just heard about a clinical trial testing a new treatment for cancer. Perhaps your doctor has mentioned that patients with your particular type of cancer are being enrolled in a trial in your city or town.
Read More...
Limit consumption of energy drinks, says medical journal
A wake-up call to parents and government agencies about the dangers of energy drinks was issued in an editorial in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
“Caffeine-loaded energy drinks have now crossed the line from beverages to drugs delivered as tasty syrups,” read the editorial, “Caffeinating children and youth.”
Read More...
Repairs To City's Downtown Parking Garages Affects Parking for Hospital Patients
The City of Kingston has started construction work on downtown parking garages. The Chown parking garage across the street from Hotel Dieu Hospital will remain open, but the number of parking spaces has been temporarily reduced while repairs are made.
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Local agencies surveying Kingston residents about their use of active transportation
Kingston residents will be asked about their use of active transportation—from riding their bike to work, walking their children to school, or rollerblading to the corner store—in a telephone survey being conducted by KFL&A Public Health and the Kingston Coalition for Active Transportation (KCAT).
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