Cannabinoid Medical Clinic (CMClinic) Accepting Kingston Referrals
Medical cannabis treatment clinic opens new location in the city Keep Reading
Medical cannabis treatment clinic opens new location in the city Keep Reading
All 150 registered practical nurses (RPNs) from across Ontario, who attending a conference on violence this week at the Holiday Inn Kingston Waterfront (pictured), reported that they have been assaulted at work. They point to underfunding that leaves staff vulnerable to increased patient aggression. And nurses say there is a gender bias in new provincial… Keep Reading
Prescription Drop-Off on Saturday, May 10 at Memorial Centre Keep Reading
National Organ & Tissue Donation Awareness Week has special meaning for local girl and her family Keep Reading
Prescription Drug Drop-Off to take place on Saturday, May 11 at Memorial Centre lot Keep Reading
Karen Yeates, a Queen’s University researcher in Medicine, has created a cost-effective way to screen for cervical cancer using cell phone technology that is particularly useful in low-resource environments. “Using cell phones can help lower the barriers to large-scale screening and Pap smears in the developing world,” says Dr. Yeates, co-director of the Queen’s School… Keep Reading
The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada has published a handbook for conducting research in medicine modelled after a syllabus developed by faculty in Queen’s Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. “The Royal College was looking for materials on the research process that it could incorporate into its medical education framework. Nobody had quite… Keep Reading
A new biomedical technology that can treat back pain immediately has been developed by a multidisciplinary team of Queen’s researchers. “This technology could revolutionize back pain treatment,” says James Hayami, the lead researcher and a doctoral candidate in the Department of Chemical Engineering who specializes in biomedical engineering. Currently the best thing that can be… Keep Reading
The first off-campus hub for Queen’s primary health care nurse practitioner (PHCNP) students will provide students with the option of tutorials and hands-on learning opportunities that are closer to home. Eight Peterborough-based students starting or completing their graduate-level education this fall will take part in tutorials at Trent University and complete local clinical placements that… Keep Reading
Christopher Simpson has been elected as the incoming chair of the Wait Time Alliance (WTA), a federation of 14 medical and surgical specialty societies whose members are concerned about delayed access to care for their patients. The WTA issued a new report this month warning that timely access to specialized health care in Canada is… Keep Reading
In an effort to help attract family doctors to Peterborough and Kawartha, Queen’s family medicine residency program is expanding to that area. Four Queen’s residents started their two-year placement in July, in a satellite training centre that officially opened in Peterborough on Wednesday. That number will eventually grow to 12, and local physician recruiters hope… Keep Reading