23 July 2016

NEW YORK: BRAIN BEHAVIOUR RESEARCH FOUNDATION PREVALENCE SCHIZOPHRENIA

>1 % of world's population are schizophrenic. (Forced into community by Mental hospital closures.)

Late (1926-2002) UK Psychiatrist Dr Russell BARTON MBBS(Lond.1949). DPM (1954) MRCP (1959) wrote the 56 page INSTITUTIONAL NEUROSIS in 1959 (Third Ed. 1976) started movement of closing Psychiatric hospitals. Dr Barton was Phys.Sup. UK Severalls Hosp, Colchester. Moved to New York State where he was Dir Rochester Psych Center.

18 July 2016

DAILY MAIL 17July HOSPITAL SECURITY: Shooting in Florida hospital: 2 women killed; 88y patient & 36y carer.

Toronto hospitals as open as railway stations. Public are encouraged to use food courts, optician, pharmacy and convenience store. No control over access to patient rooms. Stethoscope " necklace" and a photobadge is "passport".to wards. Florida shooter probably a paranoid schizophrenic. No known reason for shooting those particular persons. More security in OMA office and Business firms; where visitors sign in and out.

17 July 2016

QS MEDICAL SCHOOL RATINGS>

1 HARVARD
2 OXFORD
3 CAMBRIDGE
4 Johns Hopkins
5 Stanford
6 California -San Francisco
7 Cal.- Los Angeles
8 Yale
9 Karolinska, Stockholm (Solna and Huddinge suburbs)
9 London Univ College

Canada
13 TORONTO
22 McGill -Montreal
26 British Columbia
33 McMaster Hamilton

51-100
U de Montreal
Alberta

101-152
Western Ontario-London
Ottawa

COMMENT
Best universities can select best brains.

11 July 2016

Cloth summer gloves now fashionable again.

Cotton summer gloves for all genders can be bought from  UK firm of DENTS.(1777) Reduces chance of acquired infection. Toronto SUNDAY STAR July 10 has first page photo of HM  Queen Elizabeth II wearing gloves when shaking hands with 64 winners of the Queen's Young Leaders award. Grey cotton gloves for Gentlemen "Curzon" GBP 20. Ladies cotton gloves GBP 10.

08 July 2016

MEDTRONIC CAPSULE CAMERA ENDOSCOPY in CANADA

BATHURST,NB    Dr R MEMICHE

BURNEBY BC      Dr G MONKEWICH

KINGSTON,ONT. Dr L HOOKEY

MONTREAL, PQ   Dr E SEIDMAN