Family doctors use national guidelines to decide whether and when to send their patients for routine cancer screenings but experts say Canadians' lives are at risk because those guidelines use old data, lack expert advice, and are updated too infrequently.
An orthopaedic surgeon and University of Calgary assistant professor has a plan that he says could prevent falls on ice, ease the burden on hospitals and save the healthcare system costs — if he can secure the funding he needs.It all started when Dr. Neil White had a gut feeling: that surges in Calgary hospital visits from falls on ice are predictable, given weather conditions and melt-freeze cycles.He wanted to prove it. So alongside other researchers, White compared 11 years of data on Calgary
Alberta emergency rooms treat hundreds of frostbite cases during cold snap cbc.ca - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from cbc.ca Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Doctors in emergency departments worry about two basic kinds of cold weather injuries coming through their doors: frostbite-damaged skin and hypothermia.