Results 101 to 110 of about 65,050 (217)
MJM MedTalks (S02E11): Global Surgery in our “Backyard”; A Discussion with Dr. Evan Wong
McGill Journal of Medicine (MJM) Podcast Series, MJM MedTalks, interviews members of the medical and health sciences community from McGill, and beyond to gain insights into their careers, research, advocacy, and more.
Vanessa Ross +10 more
doaj
Echocardiographic Assessment of Epicardial Adipose Tissue - A Marker of Visceral Adiposity
Visceral adipose tissue predicts an unfavorable cardiovascular and metabolic risk profile in humans. Existing methods to assess visceral adipose tissue have been limited.
Iacobellis, Gianluca +3 more
core
Narrative medicine and narrative practice: partners in the creation of meaning
Background Narrative medicine has emerged as an approach to whole person care and to support the clinician-patient therapeutic relationship. Although training in narrative medicine is usually based on the study of literary or artistic works, the same ...
Bruekel, Corina +4 more
core +1 more source
Lonergan, Decolonization and First Nations Peoples: An Apologetic from an Insider on the Outside
Abstract The purpose of this article is to respond critically to a research project initiated out of the Board of the Lonergan Research Institute that seeks to expose colonialist assumptions in Lonergan's thought. Some of the initiatives seek to link Lonergan with complicity in Canadian residential schools, spiritual violence, and cultural genocide ...
John D. Dadosky
wiley +1 more source
Speech and Language Markers of Bipolar Disorder: Challenges and Opportunities
ABSTRACT Background Clinicians aspire to predict the emergence of Bipolar Disorder (BD) in a timely manner. To accomplish this, markers reflecting mental states that can be gathered non‐invasively and at large scale are needed. Here, we systematically evaluate evidence relating speech‐based markers to mood states in BD.
Farida Zaher +4 more
wiley +1 more source
Let's Talk LMCC (S02E04): Diplopia
Welcome to the McGill Journal of Medicine (MJM) LMCC review. This podcast series was created to aid medical students studying for the Canadian Medical Council’s licensing exam. Each episode is created based on specific LMCC objectives.
Jenna Kiliot +3 more
doaj
ABSTRACT End‐of‐life conversations with adolescents and young adults (AYAs) with cancer rarely occur without the guidance of healthcare professionals. As a part of the ‘Difficult Discussions’ study, focused on palliative care and advance care planning discussions with AYAs with cancer, we investigated the factors that healthcare professionals identify ...
Justine Lee +9 more
wiley +1 more source
Introducing graphic medicine: care and comics
Since around 2000, there has been a growing body of work which tells medical stories using the form of comics. This genre has come to be called “Graphic Medicine” and has been organized and supported with annual (since 2007) global “Comics & Medicine”
Robert Graham, Graham, Robert
core +1 more source
Journal clubs - knowledge sufficient for critical appraisal of the literature? [PDF]
Sir James Paget, reflecting on his experiences at St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London during 1835 - 1854, noted: ‘Some of the self-select of the pupils, making themselves into a kind of club, had a small room over a baker’s shop near the Hospital’s gate ...
Van Zyl, Danie G. +3 more
core
The genomic architecture of NLRP7 is Alu rich and predisposes to disease-associated large deletions
NLRP7 is a major gene responsible for recurrent hydatidiform moles. Here, we report 11 novel NLRP7 protein truncating variants, of which five deletions of more than 1-kb. We analyzed the transcriptional consequences of four variants.
Kristin P Nunez +53 more
core +1 more source

