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Canadian doctors are using 'outdated' guidelines to screen for cancer, experts warn

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.

'Like the UV index': Calgary researcher looks to build warning tool to prevent falls on ice

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

Lakeshore General Hospital reports highest ER death rate in Montreal

We lose and have lost patients more often at the Lakeshore than anywhere else, said patient-rights advocate Paul Brunet.

Alberta emergency rooms treat hundreds of frostbite cases during cold snap

Watch for frostbite, hypothermia during extreme cold: doctors, EMS

Doctors in emergency departments worry about two basic kinds of cold weather injuries coming through their doors: frostbite-damaged skin and hypothermia.