From the Toronto Star: Boomers have a history of leading change. Should baby boomers be feeling guilty now that everyone else seems to have finally clued in to the developed …
It’s Time to View Health Care as an Economic Asset
From the Globe and Mail: The road to reviving Canada’s sluggish productivity may lead straight to an emergency department – or an operating room – or an immunization clinic. Sound …
ABJHI Mourns Loss of Peter Lougheed
A Remarkable Canadian CALGARY – Alberta Bone and Joint Health Institute offers its deepest sympathies to the family of former Alberta Premier Peter Lougheed, who has passed away at the …
Junk Food Doesn’t Just Go to Your Hips, it Gets into Your Bones
From The Huffington Post: If you think junk food goes directly to your hips, you’re right. But it gets worse. It gets into your hips, and into other bones in …
Routine Testing for Metal Ion Levels in Blood Not Recommended Currently for All Metal-on-Metal Hip Resurfacing Patients
The Advisory Committee overseeing the Alberta HIP study does not currently recommend routine testing for metal ion levels in patients who have had a metal-on-metal hip resurfacing. The committee advises …
Alberta a leader in ‘curing’ wait times
From The Chronicle Herald: Sometimes public health care is like the human body. When you have an ailment in one area, you need to look somewhere else in the anatomy …