ABSTRACT: There has been an alarming trend in Canadian hospitals to over-medicalize the process of childbirth. The attribution of pathology to childbearing has led to an increased use of medical interventions that elevates healthcare costs…
Dr. James MacKillop is a Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioural Neuroscience at McMaster University, the Director of the Peter Boris Center for Addictions Research, and a Co-Director of the Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Medicinal…
ABSRACT: There is very little research concerning human regulatory B cells and this may in part be due to their inconsistent responses to immunosuppressive cytokines such as IL-10. The purpose of this critical review is…
ABSTRACT:Selective inhibitors are an important advancement in clinical medicine, providing a method to target proteins within signal transduction pathways. One such inhibitor, pacritinib, targets Janus Kinase 2 (JAK2) to treat patients with myelofibrosis (MF). In…
ABSTRACT:Youth smoking is prevalent in Indonesia. 90% of Indonesian children have smoked a cigarette by age 13 and many remain as smokers into adulthood. As a result of this addiction, many households have cigarettes as…
THE CONTEXT: Sexual violence is a significant societal problem that has a pronounced impact on university campuses.1 Currently, several policies and programs are in place to deal with sexual violence at the provincial level in…
INTRODUCTION According to the World Health Organization (WHO), maximizing the roles of existing healthcare workers is critical for the modernization of healthcare.1 This means the historical constraints and traditions within healthcare must be re-evaluated. One…
Welcome to a new section of The Meducator, published in collaboration with the School of Nursing. This is a new feature in The Meducator, but nursing certainly isn’t a novel addition to the health sciences….
I stood at the foot of the stretcher and I watched a team of police officers, nurses, and security staff fighting to detain an agitated young woman. She was brought into the emergency department due…
As a successful healthcare leader, innovator, and catalyst for change, Dr. Michael Apkon, MD, PhD, MBA, has led three of the largest academic medical institutions in North America. This fall, Dr. Apkon —the President and…