Study: Excess mortality associated with second hip fracture
The study examined more than 42,000 hospitalization records of patients 60 years and older, who had been discharged after admission for hip fracture surgery between 1990 and 2005 in British Columbia, Canada.
Dr. Jane Buxton wins CPHA’s Ron Draper Health Promotion Award
Dr. Buxton was formally presented with the Award at the CPHA conference in Vancouver on May 25, 2015.
Exposure to air pollution in the first year of life increases risk for allergies
New research from the Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) study shows that exposure to outdoor air pollution during the first year of life increases the risk of developing allergies to food, mould, pets and pests.