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Hospitals vary greatly in the number of patients who see an internal medicine specialist before major non-cardiac surgery, with rates ranging from five per cent of patients to 90 per cent.

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In patients with two or three blocked arteries, the choice between angioplasty or coronary bypass surgery varies significantly across Ontario.

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The MMR vaccine has been used extensively in children and has been demonstrated to be safe and highly effective in preventing disease.

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A new study has shown harmful prescription patterns of powerful painkillers among a substantial number of Ontario patients who received methadone therapy to treat their opioid addiction.

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Older drivers are at increased risk of having an at-fault motor vehicle crash (MVC) while combining antidepressants with another psychotropic medication, new research has found.

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A significant proportion of the “oldest old,” that is adults over 80 years of age, is and will continue to be women.

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ICES is part of a national initiative that will provide crucial information on the effectiveness and safety of new drugs that come onto the market in Canada.

Forty-five per cent of Ontarians 65 years and older did not see a dentist in the last year, increasing their risk of chronic diseases and a reduced quality of life.

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New research done at ICES shows gestational diabetes mellitus is more common among certain non-Caucasian ethnic groups.

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In patients with pre-existing heart problems certain NSAIDs significantly increase the risk of serious cardiovascular events, such as heart attack and stroke.

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New research done at ICES suggests that about one in four Ontarians will be diagnosed and receive medical attention for COPD during their lifetime.

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Fatal overdoses from prescription opioids are increasing in many countries, this increase has occurred at the same time as a dramatic increase in opioid prescribing for chronic non-cancer pain.

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Patients often do not renew prescriptions for their chronic diseases after they are released from hospital. The number is even lower if the patient spent time in an ICU.

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A new study has found no evidence that patients who had a heart ultrasound known as an echocardiogram before major surgery had improved survival rates one month or one year after their operation.

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Researchers at ICES found that immigrants who stayed in Ontario longer fare worse in terms of cardiovascular risk factor profiles than recent immigrants.

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New research conducted at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) shows immigrant drivers are, in fact, safer than long-term residents in the same region.

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ICES is releasing a first of its kind report card as part of the 2011 Stroke Evaluation report. This report examines stroke care for each of Ontario’s LHINs.

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South Asian, black, and Chinese populations develop diabetes at a higher rate, at an earlier age and at lower ranges of body mass index (BMI) than their white counterparts.

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New research conducted at ICES shows fewer ED visits happen during major sports broadcasts as exemplified by last year’s Olympic gold medal hockey game.

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In the first study of its kind, researchers at ICES found that ED waiting times may pose a safety risk to the majority of ED patients—those who are seen and sent home.

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American patients are nearly twice as likely to undergo a CT scan during an Emergency Department (ED) visit as Canadians.

Despite significant clinical advances in HIV care, an estimated 25 per cent of new HIV infections in Ontario from 2006 to 2008 were among women.

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Study found 55 per cent of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and mental illness visited the ED at least once in a 2 year period and 15.6 per cent visited at least 5 times.

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Adherence to all disease-modifying drugs is low in patients with multiple sclerosis, with less than half of patients continually adherent after two years.

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New research from ICES shows that complications occur in approximately one in every 25 ICD patients who undergo battery replacement surgery within 45 days of the operation.

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A new study has found that Ontarians who were treated with high doses of opioids were almost three times more likely to die of opioid-related causes compared to those prescribed lower doses.

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A new stroke audit found that there have been marked improvements in the stroke care that Ontarians receive since the Ontario Stroke System was initiated by the provincial government a decade ago.

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Although recent evidence suggests that the clinical benefit may be uncertain for fibrates, use of these drugs is common in the U.S. and Canada.

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Some physicians are prescribing opioids such as OxyContin 55 times as often as others, according to a new study.

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Heart attack patients with a history of depression presenting at emergency departments were less likely to receive priority care than people with other conditions, found a study published in CMAJ.

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Twenty-eight per cent of babies who are delivered in Ontario hospitals are born via caesarean section. That number jumps to 84 per cent if their mother has had a previous C-section.

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Women who take commonly prescribed drugs for osteoporosis known as bisphosphonates for five years or more may be at higher risk of certain kinds of fractures of their thigh bone.

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Researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital and ICES have developed a new tool that will help doctors predict the probability of death in patients after an ischemic stroke.

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CHAP, a unique, low-cost intervention, helped to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease in the participating communities, through reductions in blood pressure and other important risk factors.

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Researchers at ICES studied patients with access to Canada’s universal health care system who were initially free of cardiac disease, tracking them more than a decade.

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ICES researchers found 99.6 per cent of Ontarians had geographical access to a primary care provider within 30 minutes.

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A study performed at ICES has found that Canadian guidelines for opioid therapy are not being followed for many socially disadvantaged Ontarians.

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Children with IBD from low-income neighbourhoods are 17 per cent more likely to be hospitalized and up to 80 per cent more likely to undergo surgery for Crohn’s than their high-income counterparts.

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