
CPR is one of the most dramatic undertakings in medicine, putting aside military medicine which is in a class by itself.

It was magical: the images coming to life at the bottom of the plastic tray filled with Kodak developer.

Most health care professionals involved in eldercare have had the experience that some of those we look after seem to be able to recall past experiences with a degree of intensity that may be very disquieting and may even lead to what gets interpreted as agitated behaviour.

As I entered the living room, I could see the small walnut side table my wife emailed me about while I was away.

In the winter and spring of 2012 I was privileged to be part of the executive working group that organized the fourth Canadian Conference on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Dementia which took place in May 2012.
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What I found surprising about the National Post article was that one would think after reading it that offering dying patients more choices in their end-of-life care was a novel idea...

Over the past 10 years, more progress has been made in understanding the genetics and proteinopathy underlying frontotemporal degeneration than in Alzheimer's disease.

It is always amazing when one is working in a field of medicine to discover new additions to it that are really useful and something that will change one's approach.