Andrew Lam

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Halifax advocates working to improve health care for people with sight loss

Jan 13, 2025 | xpresschronicle.com | Andrew Lam

Advocates with sight loss and people in the medical field in Halifax have been working on a number of initiatives to improve the delivery of health care for people who are blind or partially sighted. Dalhousie University medical student Tyler Herod, who has helped lead some of the efforts, said focus groups have identified a number of barriers those patients can encounter.
St. FX study links oil and gas industry pollution to negative health outcomes

Jan 8, 2025 | msn.com | Andrew Lam

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St. FX study links oil and gas industry pollution to negative health outcomes

Jan 8, 2025 | cbc.ca | Andrew Lam

Nova Scotia·NewA new study from St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, N.S., examined the health impacts of pollution from the oil and gas sector in Alberta. The lead author said there's been a lack of research on the topic in Canada.
Electricity generation, distribution top source of 2022 N.S. greenhouse gas emissions: StatsCan

Dec 24, 2024 | cbc.ca | Andrew Lam

Nova ScotiaStatistics Canada has completed its annual accounting of greenhouse gas emissions from economic activity. The agency says Nova Scotia's top source of emissions in 2022 was electricity generation and distribution, accounting for about 40 per cent of the province's emissions.
A closer look at the 2024 N.S. election results and what they tell us about the major parties and voters

Dec 5, 2024 | cbc.ca | Andrew Lam

Nova Scotia·NewThere were some big wins and losses in the 2024 Nova Scotia election. But there’s more to the story beyond the number of seats each party won. Big wins for PCs, NDP made gains in Halifax but lost votes in some rural areasAndrew Lam · CBC News · Posted: Dec 05, 2024 5:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 5 minutes agoLiberal Leader Zach Churchill, left, NDP Leader Claudia Chender, middle, and Premier Tim Houston, right.
Her medical file read 'death imminent.' His treatment plan changed cancer forever. | Opinion

Nov 30, 2024 | yahoo.com | Andrew Lam

In August 2015, former President Jimmy Carter thought he had mere weeks to live. His skin cancer ‒ metastatic melanoma ‒ had seeded malignant tumors in his liver and brain. Conventional radiation treatment might slow their growth, but Carter was certain to die. Then his doctors gave him pembrolizumab (Keytruda), a new immunotherapy medication that could spur a patient’s own immune system to attack cancer. Within several months the tumors had melted away. Carter was cured.
Her medical file read 'death imminent.' His treatment plan changed cancer forever. | Opinion

Nov 29, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Andrew Lam

Today, immunotherapy is the brightest new weapon in the fight against cancer. Miraculous cures, though not experienced by all patients, have become common enough that drugs like Keytruda, Opdivo and Yervoy are known to laypeople and give hope to thousands. The birth of this dazzling subfield of oncology occurred 40 years ago, when a surgeon at the National Cancer Institute refused to give up on an unproven treatment that had already failed in 66 consecutive patients ‒ all of whom died.
Her medical file read 'death imminent.' His treatment plan changed cancer forever. | Opinion

Nov 29, 2024 | ca.news.yahoo.com | Andrew Lam

In August 2015, former President Jimmy Carter thought he had mere weeks to live. His skin cancer ‒ metastatic melanoma ‒ had seeded malignant tumors in his liver and brain. Conventional radiation treatment might slow their growth, but Carter was certain to die. Then his doctors gave him pembrolizumab (Keytruda), a new immunotherapy medication that could spur a patient’s own immune system to attack cancer. Within several months the tumors had melted away. Carter was cured.
Finding skilled labour, input costs reported as pressing obstacles for N.S. businesses: StatCan

Nov 29, 2024 | cbc.ca | Andrew Lam

Nova Scotia·NewStatistics Canada has released new survey data on the most challenging obstacles Nova Scotia businesses expect to face in the coming months. Finding skilled labour and rising input costs were the most widely reported.
Her medical file read 'death imminent.' His treatment plan changed cancer forever. | Opinion

Nov 29, 2024 | flipboard.com | Andrew Lam

Devon woman, 32, with incurable cancer was misdiagnosed with pulled muscleA woman from Torquay has shared her shock at being diagnosed with cancer for the second time at just 32 years old, and even more so when she was told …

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