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Leveraging robotics

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By Alex Mihailidis The surge in COVID-19 cases across Canada seems like a recurring nightmare, with long-term care homes once again reporting deadly outbreaks. It comes only a few weeks after an independent commission in Ontario issued a dire warning about the need to take urgent action to prevent another disaster in the sector, citing […]
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The Elephant in the Room

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By Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant We often have a hard time talking about adversity—but staying silent, (coined the mum effect) can make our loved ones feel even more isolated after loss or hardship. With frank advice from Sandberg, whose personal experience with her husband’s sudden death, sets the tone, this video offers simple ways […]
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Deviant behaviour in healthcare

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By Dr. Renee Thompson There is an epidemic of bullying and incivility in health care that can not only affect morale and turnover, but also affect patient outcomes. The average clinically competent health care professional is not equipped with the skills and strategies needed to address his or her colleague’s uncivil behaviors. Therefore, they often […]
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Not Cancelled

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By Heather Down and Catherine Kenwell You can’t cancel kindness if you’re a Canadian, according to these local writers who set out to share 49 ‘ray of hope’ stories from north of the 49th parallel. Each story gives a nod to the Canadian spirit and people’s generosity during COVID-19. Down and Kennel actually collected way […]
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A Practical Guide to Kinesiology Taping for Injury Prevention and Common Medical Conditions

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By John Gibbons Meticulously researched and written by John Gibbons, one of the world’s leading authorities in sports medicine, this book does exactly as it says on the cover. Written for both professionals looking to improve their technique, as well as patients looking to self-treat, Gibbons now puts this powerful rehabilitation technique into anyone’s hands […]
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Dream Up Now

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By Rayne Lacko, with community outreach advisor Lesley Holmes. Remember the emotions you had in middle school and high school? Now imagine experiencing them in a world with the internet, social media, a 24/7 news cycle, an election year and a pandemic. For many teens, it seems impossible to avoid stress at the moment. Dream […]
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Find the Helpers

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By Fred Guttenberg In the midst of tragedy and catastrophe, Fred Guttenberg followed Mr. Rogers’s advice, “Always look for the helpers.” For Fred, what was to be a happy family day turned into a nightmare when his fourteen-year-old daughter was the second to last victim in the cold-blooded Parkland shooting. Four months earlier, Fred’s brother […]
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Let’s go together

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Let’s Go Together, a new podcast from Travel + Leisure, features diverse voices sharing their unique travel experiences and inspiring others to explore the world. Each week host Kellee Edwards, award-winning travel expert, speaks to guests about inclusivity, including episodes that introduce an adventurer who climbed Machu Picchu in his wheelchair and the first documented
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Lack of darker skin in textbooks harms care In dermatology, where images are critical for diagnoses, the lack of images of darker skin poses a roadblock to both proper treatment and medical education. Skin conditions that involve redness or pinkness in light skin can be more subtle or harder to see in dark skin, and […]