Dès la réception d’un rapport médical de patients faisant état d’un trouble neurocognitif la SAAQ procédera à la suspension automatique du permis de conduire. Ça me semble discriminatoire pour ces patients!
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Fadi Massoud
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academic.oup.com/brain/article/… Epidemiological data indicate that mid-life hearing loss is a modifiable risk factor for dementia, with potentially major diagnostic and therapeutic implications
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Canadians believe government action could have reduced #COVID19 death toll in #LTC. Seniors are increasingly wary of LTC, @CMA_Docs & NIA 'Pandemic Perspectives' Survey Shows.
Read the full report: bit.ly/3eltXZp
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There are at least 100,000 housebound Canadians.
Being forced to hire a private ambulance to get a 95 year old bedridden man to Winnipeg's Convention Centre for his vaccine, rather than get it at home, is simply unacceptable.
@DLouiseDaSilva reports: winnipegfreepress.com/special/corona…
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@DrSamirSinha @DLouiseDaSilva This does not make any sense! We are having the same problems in Quebec. Elders with physical and sensory limitations are left alone to organize their vaccination. Phone lines are more or less useles... we should get the vaccines to the elderly rather than the opposite.
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Boulus water drinking is the most effective non-Rx approach to orthostatic hypotension.
n.neurology.org/content/91/7/e…
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Interesting approach to delirium based on clinical and neurophysiological subtypes.
ajgponline.org/article/S1064-…
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The policing of women’s bodies must end. The “respect” that’s needed is for the exceptional talent @serenawilliams brings to the game. Criticizing what she wears to work is where the true disrespect lies. npr.org/2018/08/24/641…
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Top 10 papers in geriatric medicine in 2017 being presented by @Geri_DPC_CME at #CGS2018.
Paper #8: NOT A PAPER...but highlighting Shingrix (journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…)
Conclusion: better and more sustained response than live-attenuated VZV vaccine.
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Congratulations to all @CanGeriSoc Oral Abstract Award Recipients:
Edmund V. Cowdry Award is awarded to the best scientific presentation by a Masters, Ph.D. or post-doc student
Congrats: Philippe Desmarais
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.@Geri_DPC_CME notes that for a 481 page document, only 1.5 pages are devoted to recommendations in older persons. #CGS2018
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#1: 2017 ACC/AHA/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/AGS/APhA/ASH/ASPC/NMA/PCNA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults.
481 pages! hyper.ahajournals.org/content/early/…
#CGS2018
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Top 10 papers in geriatric medicine in 2017 being presented by @Geri_DPC_CME at #CGS2018.
Paper #9: Timely Use of Probiotics in Hospitalized Adults Prevents C Diff Infection: A Systematic Review With Meta-Regression Analysis (gastrojournal.org/article/S0016-…)
Conclusion: same as title!
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Top 10 papers in geriatric medicine in 2017 being presented by @Geri_DPC_CME at #CGS2018.
Paper #7: Thyroid Hormone Therapy for Older Adults with Subclinical Hypothyroidism (nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…)
Conclusion: no apparent benefits of replacement in older persons!
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Fear not if were unable to be present for the #CGS2018 Top 10 Papers. We have a crew of individuals live tweeting @NathanStall @camilla_wong @katpigs @AGardhouse Thx for @Geri_DPC_CME for all your hard work compiling this list twitter.com/katpigs/status…
Katrina Piggott@katpigs
@Geri_DPC_CME presents "article" 8: Newly approved in Canada, Shingrix vaccine show better and more sustained response than previous vaccine. cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/s… #CGS2018
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Fear not if you are not present for the #CGS2018 Top 10 Papers. We have a crew of individuals live tweeting @NathanStall @camilla_wong @katpigs @AGardhouse Thx for @Geri_DPC_CME for all your hard work compiling this list twitter.com/camilla_wong/s…
Camilla Wong 黃朗欣 🇨🇦@camilla_wong
#9: Impact of SSRI Therapy on Risk of Conversion From Mild Cognitive Impairment to Alzheimer’s Dementia in Individuals With Previous Depression ajp.psychiatryonline.org/doi/abs/10.117… #CGS2018
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“Learn how to say no, but sometimes saying yes may lead you to a world of opportunities” #wisewords to med students at #NGIG Student Day - Dr. Chris Frank @GeriInterestGp @CanGeriSoc #CGS2018
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