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Premier John Horgan has issued the following statement marking one year since the first presumptive COVID-19 case in Canada was announced:

BACKGROUND: Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is associated with clinically significant short- and long-term complications after noncardiac surgery. Our aim was to describe the incidence of clinically important POAF after noncardiac surgery

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) it the virus causing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Since the World Health Organisation declared the outbreak a pandemic on the 11th of March 2020, cases have been increasing around

Alberta’s government is fully prepared to receive and distribute COVID-19 vaccines and up to 435,000 Albertans will be offered a vaccine in the first quarter of 2021.

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.

In this interview, Dr. Clare Atzema and Dr. Noah Ivers discuss the research they published on prescribing of oral anticoagulants in the emergency department and subsequent long-term use by older adults with atrial fibrillation. They also discuss the

A prescribing cascade happens when the side effects of a prescribed drug are misinterpreted as a new medical condition for which an additional drug is prescribed. Some prescribing cascades can become complicated to untangle and hard to catch. In this

Journal of Advanced Nursing, EarlyView.

The world is presently infected by the biological fever of COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus. The present study is mainly related to the airborne transmission of novel coronavirus through airway. Similarly, our mother planet is suffering from

Dr. Ellen Warner and Dr. Karen Glass discuss different options for fertility preservation for young women who must undergo breast cancer treatment. They also discuss the importance of early referral to fertility preservation counselling, an option