e-health newsletter October 2011
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month
Prevention is one of the most important ways to fight breast cancer. Unfortunately, it is not always clear how to reduce a woman's chance of developing breast cancer, especially for the 4,500 women under the age of 50 who are diagnosed with the disease each year. Read more...
Breast cancer screening poll
Canadian women overwhelmingly believe that the benefits of earlier breast cancer screening programs are far more important to them than the limited risks of false positive results, a new national public opinion survey shows. Read more...
Prevention is one of the most important ways to fight breast cancer. Unfortunately, it is not always clear how to reduce a woman's chance of developing breast cancer, especially for the 4,500 women under the age of 50 who are diagnosed with the disease each year. Read more...
Breast cancer screening poll
Canadian women overwhelmingly believe that the benefits of earlier breast cancer screening programs are far more important to them than the limited risks of false positive results, a new national public opinion survey shows. Read more...
Top marks for top rehab care
The Inpatient Rehab team at Providence Care's St. Mary’s of the Lake Hospital scores 100 per cent for “Overall Quality of Care and Services” in a provincial survey of patients and families. Read more...
The Inpatient Rehab team at Providence Care's St. Mary’s of the Lake Hospital scores 100 per cent for “Overall Quality of Care and Services” in a provincial survey of patients and families. Read more...
Toll Free Number at Hotel Dieu Hospital
Long distance patients and families can now use a toll free phone number to communicate more easily with their caregivers at the hospital.
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Hotel Dieu Hospital redevelopment update
Long distance patients and families can now use a toll free phone number to communicate more easily with their caregivers at the hospital.
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Hotel Dieu Hospital redevelopment update
Almost a year since construction began, the redevelopment project at Hotel Dieu Hospital remains on track. Read more...
Going the distance for cardiac care
Putting patients first explains why Nurse Practitioner Patti Staples recently went online to check up on a patient with congestive heart failure.
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Going the distance for cardiac care
Putting patients first explains why Nurse Practitioner Patti Staples recently went online to check up on a patient with congestive heart failure.
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Learning in the KGH Simulation Lab
It sounds like an awful thing for a trauma specialist to admit. But in Dr. Daniel Howes lab, the patient dies frequently, a number of times everyday. Read more...
Food contamination advisory
It sounds like an awful thing for a trauma specialist to admit. But in Dr. Daniel Howes lab, the patient dies frequently, a number of times everyday. Read more...
Food contamination advisory
Ontarians Warned Not To Eat Food Product Contaminated With Listeria - Release Date: 29-Sep-2011. Read more...
Café Scientifique lecture series continues
Café Scientifiques are about learning about the latest ideas and issues in science and technology in an informal setting. It’s not a lecture! It’s a place for group discussion – and your involvement is the most important ingredient. The upcoming café panel will discuss Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and its impact on individuals, families and society.
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Photo contest for young people
Café Scientifique lecture series continues
Café Scientifiques are about learning about the latest ideas and issues in science and technology in an informal setting. It’s not a lecture! It’s a place for group discussion – and your involvement is the most important ingredient. The upcoming café panel will discuss Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and its impact on individuals, families and society.
Read more...
Music & Memory: Learning from People with Dementia
A free lecture by Dr. Lola Cuddy & Dr. Jacalyn Duffin featuring performances by the Queen’s Medical School Choir takes place November 2 at 7 p.m. Read more...
A free lecture by Dr. Lola Cuddy & Dr. Jacalyn Duffin featuring performances by the Queen’s Medical School Choir takes place November 2 at 7 p.m. Read more...
Photo contest for young people
Sometimes you need to go to the source to find the best message. That’s the idea behind a new photography project and contest being run by six local public health agencies across eastern Ontario this fall. Read more...
