Clik here to view.
Are paramedics now helping to rescue our health care system?
More than ambulance drivers these days - much more. As recently as 10 years ago, paramedics were generally regarded as just ambulance drivers. Today, paramedicine is a rapidly evolving field and it...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Research harmonized
A new collaboration in health research promises efficiency and patient benefit. During the past decade, research teams within the Capital District Health Authority, IWK and Dalhousie University have...
View ArticleClik here to view.
With early detection, prostate cancer is curable
Statistics same as breast cancer in women, but research funding less than one third. Norm Fotheringham says his brother saved his life. Now, he spends his time trying to do the same for other men....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Family Practitioners
Quarterbacks of the health system. Family practice, also known as general practice, is one of the most common points of entry into the health care system for Canadians. It is the branch of medicine...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy Surgery
An international surgical team helps kids born with cleft palate. "Happy surgery" is how Dr. David S. Precious refers to his team's work. For the past 16 years, Dr. Precious - professor of oral and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Health Care Goes Mobile
New technologies and smartphone apps are taking health care out of the hospital and into the home. Kimberly Churchill learned the hard way to be proactive about her own health. The 38-year-old mother...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mind Over Matter
A migraine is much more than a headache - but there are treatments that can help. As Julia Phillips Smith and I speak, she is in the midst of a migraine attack. "Right now, about halfway down my head,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Joint Decisions
Taking action in the fight against arthritis. A wave of the hand, a turn of the head, a bend of the knees: simple, everyday actions, and yet a source of agony for the millions of Canadians who...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Stepping Up To The Plate
Changing the way we think about fitness—one step at a time. Jessie Warren has started playing games at work. No, she’s not slacking off. Warren’s break-time bowling on a Wii gaming system is part of an...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bring on the Smiles
For almost two decades, a Halifax surgeon has travelled the world to help fix facial deformities. On a single day in 2009, in the impoverished island nation of Madagascar, Dr. Ken Wilson of Halifax...
View Article
