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St. Joe’s aims for safe use of opioids in
pain management
A nurse at St. Joseph’s Health Centre accesses one of our standardized, colour-coded narcotics cupboards. (Photo credit: Lauren Pelley) A big part of our job at St. Joseph’s Health Centre is minimizing the pain experienced by patients during their hospital ...
A continuity of care approach to chemical dependency
Tough love is a piece of cake for Ian Gallacher – these days; But not because of his forte for flambé or his one-of-a-kind crème brûlée. “I am the luckiest person in the world because of the staff, physicians and volunteers in ...
Vulnerability to smoking addiction is shaped by our genes
Have you ever wondered why some people find it so much easier to stop smoking than others? New research shows that vulnerability to smoking addiction is shaped by our genes. A study from the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital - ...
Harm reduction program benefits many at North
America’s only supervised injection site
Behind a small, understated storefront on East Hastings Street in Vancouver is Insite, the only legal, free-standing supervised injection site in North America. The line to get into Insite each morning starts on the street well before opening at 10 a.m. ...
Drug information systems protect patients from
drug interactions
It’s an easy scenario to imagine. A man consults his doctor for a particular condition. The doctor writes a prescription. Sometime later that same man develops a different condition and because he is on business out of town, he consults ...
Canadian Pharmacist of the Year
Bruyère Continuing Care and the Élisabeth Bruyère Research Institute are proud to have Barbara Farrell as Canada’s Pharmacist of the Year. Nominated by her peers, out of a possible 32,586 pharmacists in Canada, and due to her work in pharmacy ...
Unique clinical trial will examine new treatments for
heroin addiction
A clinical trial to test better treatment options for chronic heroin addiction is expected to begin in Vancouver within the next two months. Led by researchers from Providence Health Care’s Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences (CHEOS), it’s the ...
Novel program for problem gamblers matches the
intervention to the gambler’s reasons for gambling
Opportunities to gamble have proliferated in our society in recent years. Many forms of gambling are now available ranging from video lottery terminals and slot machines, to lotteries, sports betting, casino table games like blackjack, race-track betting, poker, and online ...
Extended training program: A recipe for success
Eddie Kwong presents his tarragon chicken dish to Chef Burpee and answers the chef’s questions with an enthusiastic “Yes, chef!” and “No, chef!” Visitors to this culinary program kitchen lab feel like they are at the taping of reality cooking ...
Lakeridge Health opens minds on the front lines
“What words do we use in our society to describe someone with a mental illness?” Allison Potts asks Lakeridge Health emergency department staff during an Opening Minds Project session. Crazy, violent and scary are some of the terms commonly used by ...
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