Neurosurgery
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Saskatchewan auditor reports concerns around provincial health authority, child abuse investigationsIn her report released Wednesday, Tara Clemett says 722 people have been waiting for a neurosurgeon, and about-one third of them have been waiting for more than a year.HealthDec 6, 2023
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Calgary birthday girl raises money for ‘her sister’s brain’A Calgarian girl who turned six on Sunday is raising money for the Alberta Children's Hospital to "help her sister’s brain” instead of asking for birthday gifts.CanadaFeb 13, 2022
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University of Saskatchewan medical students almost ready for residencyFourth-year USask medical students had a unique experience completing school during a pandemic.HealthApr 24, 2021
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Italian woman preps 90 stuffed olives during open brain surgeryThe activity allowed her surgeon to protect parts of her brain vital for speech and left-side body movement.TrendingJun 11, 2020
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Woman’s brain surgery streamed live on Facebook while she was awakeMore than 96,000 people have watched Jenna Schardt's brain surgery live from the Methodist Dallas Medical Center in Texas.TrendingOct 30, 2019
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Joggin for a Noggin: Calgarians run in costume to send neurosurgery kids to camp"Everyone comes in costume and it's about giving back to these kids who've had to go through so much in their young lives."HealthOct 28, 2018
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Paralyzed man takes first steps since his injury with help of electronic device in his spineAn electronic device is helping a man whose legs were paralyzed walk again, with some assistance.HealthSep 24, 2018
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New neurosurgery saves lives in Calgary by treating hydrocephalus, ‘water in the brain’Performed by Dr. Jay Riva-Cambrin at the Alberta Children’s Hospital, a new surgery is minimally invasive and alleviates the build-up in fluid caused by hydrocephalus.HealthMay 24, 2016
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Painless, no-scalpel brain surgery coming to EdmontonBrain surgery without pain, a scalpel or opening a patient’s skull might sound like science fiction, but in fact will soon be a reality at the University of Alberta hospital.HealthAug 28, 2015
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