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A doctor performs an ultrasound scan on a pregnant woman at a hospital in Chicago on Aug. 7, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Teresa Crawford May 03, 2021 - 1:00 AM
Planned caesarean sections are safe for low-risk deliveries and may be associated with a lower chance of complications for both mother and baby compared with vaginal deliveries, according to the co-author of a study published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Still, maternal fetal medicine specialist Dr. Darine El-Chaâr said women should consult their doctor on what s best for them, and called for more research on the long-term effects of planned caesareans, including how the health of babies born this way differs from their vaginally born counterparts.
Planned caesarean sections are safe for low-risk deliveries and may be associated with a lower chance of complications for both mother and baby compared with vaginal deliveries, according to the co-author of a study published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Still, maternal fetal medicine specialist Dr. Darine El-Chaar said women should consult their doctor on what s best for them, and called for more research on the long-term effects of planned caesareans, including how the health of babies born this way differs from their vaginally born counterparts. El-Chaar said the research compared the outcomes of C-section deliveries that were requested and found that about 60 per cent of the mothers and their babies fared better.
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From a young age, Diana Law shared her father’s interest in helping people.
One day when there was an accident outside Law’s house, she and her father, a doctor, ran out to attend to the victims until help arrived, recalled Glen Culshaw, her husband and best friend since high school. That’s just who Law was, he said.
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Culshaw recalled that formative memory this week shortly after Law died at 57 from a months-long fight against complications from COVID-19. She is the first-known nurse in B.C., and the second in Canada, to have died from the disease.
RTOERO says key issues affecting aging Canadians missing from Canadian federal budget RTOERO calls for increased action in three areas, public inquiry into long-term care
April 27, 2021 16:44 ET | Source: The Retired Teachers of Ontario The Retired Teachers of Ontario Toronto Ontario, CANADA
Toronto, April 27, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) RTOERO is calling on the federal government to increase action to address national pharmacare, a national seniors strategy and geriatric health care, which were missing from the federal budget released April 18. RTOERO is also calling for a public inquiry into the long-term care situation experienced with COVID-19 in Canada.
The organization applauds the investments made in Old Age Security and national childcare. The complete response to the 2021 Canadian federal budget is available on the RTOERO website.
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