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Individuals with obesity who opted for bariatric surgery to reduce their weight appeared to get an added benefit of a markedly reduced risk of stroke, a difference that can be measured as early as a year after undergoing the procedure, researchers reported.
Using Mariner, a national all-payer claims database, Amin Andalib, MD, of McGill University/Montreal General Hospital in Canada, and colleagues determined that among the patients who underwent either sleeve gastrectomy or gastric bypass from 2010 to 2019, the risk of stroke in the first year post-surgery was 0.05% compared with 0.26% for a cohort of similar patients who did not have the surgery (
Can Montreal s Chinatown survive? WEEKEND READ | Real estate development threatens to erase 200 years of history and buildings that are decades older than city records show.
Author of the article: Marian Scott • Montreal Gazette
Publishing date: May 22, 2021 • 2 hours ago • 13 minute read • At the Chinese Association of Montreal, which has owned its three-storey stone headquarters since 1920, there’s a firm resolve to stay put. “Our building is not for sale,” says the association’s vice-president Bryant Chang, left, with director Bill Wong. Photo by Pierre Obendrauf /Montreal Gazette
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As he showed a reporter around the Chinese Association of Montreal at 110-112 de la Gauchetière St. W., Bryant Chang made one thing perfectly clear:
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Telehealth has the potential to transform pain care, and changes made during the COVID-19 pandemic may offer a glimpse of the future, researchers said at the American Academy of Pain Medicine virtual meeting. There was an immediate need to pivot to telemedicine to continue care and education for our patients, and generally I believe this was quite successfully achieved, said Mary Ann Fitzcharles, MD, of McGill University and Montreal General Hospital in Canada, at the meeting. We have learned that healthcare professionals can step up and can adapt rather rapidly.
To continue virtual pain care beyond the pandemic, the field needs to harness strategies that were successful, she noted. We must remember that one size does not fit all, and we have to bear in mind that we must provide secure, efficient, and equitable ongoing care to our patients.
MONTREAL History is in the making in Montreal as Wednesday’s forecast brought potentially record-breaking snowfall to the city. According to Environment Canada, the record for snowfall on this day was back in 1963, when Montrealers endured just 0.8 centimetres of snow. According to the Wednesday (2021) forecast, Montrealers can expect 2 centimetres of powder. Mount Royal - view from the Montreal General Hospital pic.twitter.com/FQhicypHot Maude Laguë-Beauvais (@Mokalissima) April 21, 2021 Temperatures are also seasonally low, hovering around 0°. Usually at this time of year, conditions reach a high of 12.3°. The birds are singing, the pool is ready to be opened but… #winter#weather is making a comeback! ❄️
Quebecers 55 and over jump at chance to get AstraZeneca vaccine without appointment
Quebecers 55 and over are now eligible to get the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine at walk-in clinics across the province and so far, they are proving popular.
Social Sharing As soon as I knew it was possible for me this morning, I jumped in, said one Montreal man
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Posted: Apr 08, 2021 11:52 AM ET | Last Updated: April 8
A line formed this morning outside Montreal s Olympic Stadium, one of the sites where those 55 and over could receive a dose of AstraZeneca.(Ivanoh Demers/Radio-Canada)