Much has been written about the impact of risk-reducing breast and ovarian surgery on quality of life and high-risk women’s surgical decision-making, but much less is known about how this group experiences these elective procedures. In this paper we describe the ways in which women who have undergone risk-reducing breast surgery (+/ovarian surgery) describe their surgical experiences. Data was ...

Michael J. Szego, St. Joseph’s Health Centre, The Hospital for Sick Children, and University of Toronto M. Stephen Meyn, The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto James A. Anderson, The Hospital for Sick Children, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, and University of Toronto Robin Hayeems, The Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto Cheryl Shuman, The Hos...

This article highlights the weakness of UK's occupational health and safety infrastructure exposed by COVID-19 pandemic. Utilising a political economy perspective, it captures critical role workplace union representatives in mitigating risk contesting expropriation recommodification labour, specifically inadequate sick pay.

The most commonly recognized behavioral patterns of animals and people at the onset of febrile infectious diseases are lethargy, depression, anorexia, and reduction in grooming. Findings from recent lines of research are reviewed to formulate the perspective that the behavior of sick animals and people is not a maladaptive response or the effect of debilitation, but rather an organized, evolved...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE A comparison of sick leave in pregnancy between countries is difficult as most studies have been conducted in single countries in Scandinavia. The objective of this study was to explore patterns of and reasons for sick leave during pregnancy on a multinational level, focusing on medication use but also differences in sick leave policies. DESIGN AND SETTING Cross-secti...

Background: QT dispersion (QTd) especially after ischemic heart disease and myocardial infarction is a prognostic predictor of mortality, in adult medicine.  Objective: This study was undertaken to determine the correlation between QT dispersion and neonatal stress. Neonates were divided into 3 groups: normal term (30 cases), normal preterm (30 cases) and sick neonates (36 cases), born between ...