Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are the focus of two new studies investigating the treatment of both amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and multiple sclerosis (MS).
Moving into a new home is daunting for seniors, embracing a new life can be hindered by age, disability, bereavement or the universal reluctance to change.
In Canada, depression affects one in seven people over the course of their lifetime and costs the economy over $6 billion per year.
Surprisingly, the issue of resident-to-resident aggression has been vastly under-researched. Preliminary reports on the available Canadian data suggest that resident-to-resident aggression makes up one-third of all reported incidents across long-term care facilities. For instance, data obtained through the Access to Information Act of Canada found there were nearly 23,500
Various studies have documented the mental as well as physical benefits of these types of devices. “I think exoskeletons are going to be a game-changer,” says Craven. “There’s lots of rehab technologies in the past 20 years that have come and gone ... but the functional abilities of people with spinal cord injuries with and without the device are just so different.”
Fage has always been upfront and open about his condition. And sometimes that’s not easy.
Sandra Gibbons, her face wet with tears, slowly rose from her seat in the public gallery of the Ontario legislature to acknowledge the applause of the house.
The process of clinical ethics consultation requires us to use a systematic approach to ensure we take many things into consideration when seeking to help.
Oakville’s Monarch House is a unique pediatric treatment centre that is now filling the therapy and educational gap for children.
Until partway through my medical school training, there were no unique medication treatments for major depression.
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