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BC trains more paramedics for emergency health care

04/02/2023binomo

Andrew Mercier, Minister of State for Workforce Development –

“These training programs will give participants the skills and experience they need to join the health-care system. By providing funding for paramedic and emergency health training programs, we’re supporting a skilled workforce that benefits all British Columbians.”

Kathy Harms, director of Health Sciences Division, JIBC –

“This funding has created a significant opportunity for students to answer the call to pursue a career in paramedicine at a critical time for the profession here in BC Paramedic students often indicate a high degree of financial need, and the program itself is very

Prevent Nearsightedness Complications With Early Treatment

26/01/2023binomo

November 10, 2022 · 7:00 AM

Steve Parker MD, paleobetic diet, — Should have spent more time outdoors

Myopia, aka nearsightedness, is extremely common and can start in childhood or young adults. Over time it can lead to early-onset cataracts, retinal detachment, and glaucoma. MedPageToday has an eye-opening article on treatments that can prevent myopia progression and complications. For example:

Common evidence-based treatments that offer both statistically significant and clinically meaningful efficacy include daytime multifocal soft contact lenses (MFSCL), overnight orthokeratology (ortho-k), and topical low dose atropine (LDA). Novel spectacle lenses also showed a promising myopia-inhibiting effect, although with limited availability in the US at the

Wolcott out amid restructuring at Adventist Health | News

20/01/2023binomo

An organizational restructuring has come with a change in leadership at one of Kern County’s most prominent health-care organizations.

Adventist Health announced the appointment Thursday of its chief strategy officer to lead a new, combined network joining the nonprofit’s three-hospital Kern County division with that of its wider Central Valley network. The new organization has seven hospitals and more than 100 associated clinics.

Woman and her 2 sons die after walking freezing Michigan streets for days

18/01/2023binomo

A woman and two of her children were found dead in a field over the weekend after wandering the streets of Pontiac, Michigan, for nearly three days amid freezing temperatures, authorities said.

Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard said the deaths could have been prevented.

Pontiac Major Tim Greimel said at a news conference Monday, “This is a horrible, heart-wrenching tragedy.”

Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard provides an update on the investigation Monday.WDIV

The mother, Monica Latrice Cannady, 35, and her sons, Malik Milton, 3; and Kyle Milton, 9; were found dead after 3 pm Sunday, Bouchard said at the

Examine reveals decline in Canadians’ psychological well being throughout holidays

31/12/2022binomo

A examine by digital well being platform Felix is highlighting the psychological well being challenges Canadians are going through through the holidays.

The report, launched final month, discovered that one in 4 residents stated their psychological well being declined throughout this era, as many experiences a blended bag of feelings.

Felix’s medical director Dr. Kelly Anderson says the vacations are “a time the place the whole lot will get flipped the wrong way up.”

“We’re touring, we’re not consuming the issues we normally eat, it is darker than traditional.”

Anderson added that some could really feel lonely and remoted.

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