This seniors home in Windsor-Essex kept COVID-19 out, but doing so has come at a cost
As 19 seniors homes in Windsor-Essex continue to be ravaged by COVID-19, Richmond Terrace has accomplished an admirable feat: it has kept its 128 residents and between 130 and 150 staff safe.
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TORONTO Residents and staff members at the City of Toronto’s 10 long-term care homes will be vaccinated against COVID-19 every day this week and into the weekend, a city spokesperson tells CTV News Toronto. Dr. Brian Hodges is the Chief Medical Officer of University Health Network (UHN) and has been on the front lines of the vaccine rollout in several of those facilities. He told CTV News Toronto that he’s been making his way through homes in the downtown core since Dec. 31, vaccinating one home in the morning, and then another in the afternoon. “We’re going very, very well,” Hodges said. ”It will be within days that we will finish our homes. UHN has 15 long-term care home partners. And we’re on track to finish those this week,” he added.
Cholesterol-lowering drugs may protect women s hearts from damage caused during chemotherapy
Statins, common cholesterol-lowering medications, may protect women s hearts from damage caused during chemotherapy for early-stage breast cancer, according to new research published today in the
Journal of the American Heart Association, an open access journal of the American Heart Association. Two types of cancer medications, anthracyclines and trastuzumab, are effective treatments for many women with breast cancer, however, the risk of heart muscle damage has limited their use, particularly in women who are at higher risk for heart problems because of their age or other medical issues, said Husam Abdel-Qadir, M.D., Ph.D., lead author of the study, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Toronto s Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, and a cardiologist at Women s College Hospital and the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, part of the University Health Network in
A portion of healthcare workers in Windsor-Essex are holding off on getting the shot a sense of hesitancy that a union leader says is due to lack of government planning and communication.
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IMAGE: Dr. Husam Abdel-Qadir, lead author of the paper and cardiologist at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre and Women s College Hospital. view more
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Toronto - New research from UHN s Peter Munk Cardiac Centre (PMCC) shows statins, commonly prescribed to lower cholesterol and reduce the risk of heart disease and stroke, may also protect the heart from damaging side-effects of early breast cancer treatment.
Published Jan. 6, 2021 in the
Journal of the American Heart Association, an observational study found women already taking statins and treated with either anthracyclines or trastuzumab were half as likely to be hospitalized or visit an Emergency Department for heart failure within five years after chemotherapy.