Evidence-Based Guideline for Neuropathic Pain Interventional Treatments: Spinal Cord Stimulation, Intravenous Infusions, Epidural Injections and Nerve Blocks by Angela Mailis, Paul Taenzer

“…BACKGROUND: The Special Interest Group of the Canadian Pain Society has produced consensus-based guidelines for the pharmacological management of neuropathic pain. …”
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PRESIDENT TRUMPS’ STRATEGY: CONTINUITY AND NEW APPROACHES by O. V. Prikhodko, P. Ye. Smirnov

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Quantifying the Impact of Obesity Category on Major Chronic Diseases in Canada by Ying Jiang, Yue Chen, Douglas Manuel, Howard Morrison, Yang Mao, Obesity Working Group

“…Adverse health effects differ with various levels of obesity, but limited national data existed previously for the Canadian population. We examined the associations of sociodemographic and behavioral factors with obesity levels in Canada, and measured the impact of each level on major chronic diseases. …”
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The Effects of Ankle Joint Position on Deep Peroneal Nerve Latencies by Mohamed Hussein El-Gendy, Mahmoud Salah Abd El-Fattah, Mohamed Magdy El Meligie, Efrem Kentiba, Yasser Ramzy Lasheen

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Building the foundation for polar bear science: fifty years of research on polar bears in Western Hudson Bay by B.A. Biddlecombe, A.E. Derocher, E. Krebs, N.J. Lunn, D. McGeachy, E.S. Richardson

“…In 1966, Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) (then Canadian Wildlife Service) initiated a research program on polar bears (Ursus maritimus, Phipps, 1774) belonging to the Western Hudson Bay subpopulation (WH). …”
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Striking a Chord with Spectral Sirens: Multiple Features in the Compact Binary Population Correlate with H0 by Utkarsh Mali, Reed Essick

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Modelling Improvements in Cell Yield of Banked Umbilical Cord Blood and the Impact on Availability of Donor Units for Transplantation into Adults by Natasha Kekre, Jennifer Philippe, Ranjeeta Mallick, Susan Smith, David Allan

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Improving access to services in neuro-developmental disability: proceedings of a national meeting to advance community capacity by David B. Nicholas, Lucyna M. Lach, Samantha B. Sutherland, Joanne Maxwell, Stephanie McFarland, Anton R. Miller, Angela Clancy, Julie Scorah

“…A total of 29 invited key stakeholders attended the meeting with the following aims: knowledge sharing amongst provincial/territorial regions advancing NDD navigation capacity; sustainable action-oriented knowledge exchange; and operationalizing next steps to build navigation resources across Canadian regions. Regional representation included multiple and inter-sectoral partners (e.g., not-for-profit organizations, government, education, health, researchers, etc.) strategically invited to address mutually-agreed upon regional challenges, where ideas for envisioning, planning and success could be developed for ultimate operationalization in three Canadian provinces and one territory based on need for building navigational service delivery systems in NDD. …”
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Use of Cognitive Aids: Results from a National Survey among Anaesthesia Providers in France and Canada by Antonia Blanié, Matthieu Kurrek, Sophie Gorse, Dimitri Baudrier, Dan Benhamou

“…However, whether CAs are known and used by French and Canadian anaesthesia providers is not clear. Methods. …”
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Good Life Now by Corinna Anderson

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Pain Reports by Older Adults in Long-Term Care: A Pilot Study of Changes Over Time by Margaret C Gibson, M Gail Woodbury, Kim Hay, Nancy Bol

“…PURPOSE: To document self-reported pain descriptions throughout residency in a long-term care facility for a convenience sample of older adults (Canadian war veterans).…”
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La mobilité durable : une analyse des entraves à sa mise en œuvre dans la région de la capitale nationale du Canada by Olivier Roy-Baillargeon, Mario Gauthier

“…This paper provides an analysis of the impediments to the implementation of sustainable mobility in Canadian metropolises in light of a case study of Canada’s National Capital Region, the interprovincial city-region of Ottawa-Gatineau. …”
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Real-World Treatment Patterns, Survival, and Costs for Ovarian Cancer in Canada: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using Provincial Administrative Data by Manjusha Hurry, Shazia Hassan, Soo Jin Seung, Ryan N. Walton, Ashlie Elnoursi, Jacob D. McGee

“…**Background:** In 2020, approximately 3100 Canadian women were diagnosed with ovarian cancer (OC), with 1950 women dying of this disease. …”
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Sensory Diet Program Through In-Person and Tele-Occupationa Therapy in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Single-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial by Simin Dehghani, Marzieh Pashmdarfard, Zahra Pashazadeh Azari, Alireza Akbarzadeh Baghban, Sima Dehghani, Navid Mirzakhani Araghi

“…This study used three tools—sensory profile 2, social responsive scale 2 and Canadian occupational performance measure. Results: According to the sensory profile 2, social responsiveness scale, and Canadian occupational performance measure, processing in the areas of auditory, visual, touch, movement, body position, oral, conduct, social-emotional, attentional, sensory seeking, sensory avoiding, sensory sensitive, low registration, social awareness, social cognition, social communication, social motivation, limited interests, repetitive behaviors, and occupational performance in both groups have a significant difference (P<0.05). …”
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History of Pain Research and Management in Canada by Harold Merskey

“…Scattered accounts of the treatment of pain by aboriginal Canadians are found in the journals of the early explorers and missionaries. …”
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Optimal needle characteristics for classical inferior alveolar nerve block anesthesia: a systematic review by Mennat Allah Ashraf Abd-Elsabour, Ayat Gamal-AbdelNaser

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Cost-effectiveness of watchful waiting versus immediate emergency department transfer after epinephrine autoinjector use in Canada by Yiwei Yin, Moshe Ben Shoshan, Marcus Shaker, Matthew Greenhawt, Kate M. Johnson

“…We evaluated medical costs (in 2022 Canadian dollars) and quality-adjusted life years (QALY) of each strategy over a 20-year horizon. …”
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Československá vojenská mise v Kanadě za 2. světové války – předhistorie by Tomáš Jiránek

“…Their work was preceded by a few relatively long months of negotiations with the British and Canadian authorities in order to clarify what was wanted on all sides and to lay down the conditions for the work of the Czechoslovakian army mission in America. …”
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À l’envers du Grand Blanc, le sens inuit du paysage by Fabienne Joliet

“…Contrary to the Antarctic, the Arctic is inhabited. These Canadian people, recently renamed the Inuit, are proud of their representations of the environment, territory, and landscape which are intimately linked to those of their society and its native culture. …”
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KAB Newsletter Issue 01 – March 2022 by Nowamani, Collins, Sempungu, Joseph Godfrey

“…Emmanuel Tumusiime - Mutebile KAB hosts global scholars KABSOM trains health workers in selected districts of Kigezi Makerere University Research & Innovations fund explores a partnership with KAB Rotary donates cervical cancer screening & treatment equipment to selected districts of Kigezi KAB receives a grant from Canadian partners KAB to host Kiswahili international conference The French embassy in Kampala partners with KAB…”
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