Tag: medicine-complex-care
Introducing… a nurse practitioner
Usha Chauhan is an adult nurse practitioner in Hamilton Health Sciences' digestive disease clinic focusing on patients with inflammatory bowel disease.
Protecting young ears
Noise that's potentially damaging to an adult’s ears is even more dangerous to a child’s. And, since hearing loss from exposure to loud noises is permanent, it’s important for parents to start the habit of protecting kids’ ears while they’re young...
Managing COPD flare-ups
A COPD flare-up, also known as an exacerbation or “lung attack,” can be caused by a trigger, such as air pollution, scents, or allergens, or by a lung infection caused by a virus or bacteria. They’re one of the main reasons people with COPD have to be hospitalized, and can be...
Introducing… an education and development clinician
Meghan McBride is an inter-professional education and development clinician. She supports the acute medicine program at Hamilton General Hospital, creating positive change through education and application of learning.
Healthy eating for people living with diabetes
When your body can't properly manage the sugar in your food, you have to take extra caution when deciding what to eat. Luckily, there are some simple methods for people with diabetes to
Rare disease detectives
For years, Linda Chiocchio had felt sudden jolts of pain and spasm in her leg. Most doctors brushed it off as a side-effect of her diabetes. But the symptoms persisted and continued to worsen. Eventually she landed in the emergency department at Juravinski Hospital and
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