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Restraints used on one in four mental health patients
Posted by Mario2444 165 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
Depressed patients frequently readmitted to hospital
Posted by rootbeer79 183 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
A major Ontario-wide study of patients treated for depression shows 25 per cent return within 30 days.
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Henderson: Rallying support for psychiatric patients
Posted by Webgoddess 183 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
Changes to the mental health system inspire condemnation, questions about psychiatric patients rights
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Researchers to tell jokes to vegetative patients
Posted by WarriorZ100 212 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
It’ll be a tough audience, to be sure, but University of Western Ontario researchers will tell jokes to severely brain damaged patients to see if they can understand language and feel emotion.
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Alzheimer’s patients must plan now for an uncertain future
Posted by qweasd170 311 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
As soon as you're diagnosed, it's important to get your affairs in order and decide who will make financial and health-care decisions on your behalf.
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Giving Alzheimer’s patients a voice at the table
Posted by klipper444 317 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
Australian woman with the disease travels the world to battle stereotypes and promote positive images.
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Mental-health patients dying young
Posted by WarriorZ100 369 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
People with serious mental illness face a host of health problems that can lead to dying younger.
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Some patients with dementia safe to drive
Posted by Illuminator 653 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
Three-quarters of people with mild dementia pass an on-road test and can safely drive, says research for new guidelines by the American Academy of Neurology.
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Some dementia patients can drive safely: study
Posted by Mario2444 654 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
Three-quarters of people with mild dementia pass an on-road test and can safely drive, says research for new guidelines by the American Academy of Neurology.
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New hope for advanced breast cancer patients
Posted by Brimankenke 781 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
Some women with very advanced breast cancer may have a new treatment option. A combination of two drugs that more precisely target tumours significantly extended the lives of women who had stopped responding to other medicines, doctors reported Friday.
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Elderly dementia patients get futile treatments: studies
Posted by LittleEdge 842 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
A surprising number of frail elderly Americans in nursing homes are suffering from futile care at the end of their lives, two new federally funded studies reveal.
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A new study links hormone therapy for prostate cancer with a higher risk of death in older men who have had serious heart problems.
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New book offers advice for caregivers, patients in crisis
Posted by neuropoison 908 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
Patrick Conlon felt like he was in a foreign country where he didn't know the language or the customs when he suddenly found himself watching doctors fighting to save his long-time partner from a life-threatening illness.
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Free dental clinic's policy makes sense for patients
Posted by cjdonato10 1016 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
Below the bustling Evangel Hall mission on Adelaide St. W., teeth are being cleaned and filled, patients are being advised, and people are smiling.
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Technology makes patients feel cared for
Posted by ryancool290 1048 days ago (http://www.healthzone.ca)
The text message on your cellphone politely inquires, "How do u feel?"
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