Purpose: The opioid epidemic in the United States is an ongoing public health concern.
Health care institutions use standardized patient satisfaction surveys to assess the patient …

PURPOSE Although cesarean delivery is the most common surgical procedure in the
United States, postoperative opioid prescribing varies greatly. We hypothesized that patient …

Participation in secondary prevention programs such as cardiac rehabilitation (CR) reduces
morbidity, mortality, and hospitalizations while improving quality of life. Executive function (…

Purpose: Provision of phase 2 cardiac rehabilitation (CR) has been directly impacted by
coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19). Economic analyses to date have not identified the financial …

Background Overprescribing of opioid medications for patients to be used at home after surgery
is common. We sought to ascertain important patient and procedural characteristics that …

Performance of endurance exercise is associated with a broad range of cognitive benefits,
with notable improvements shown across a wide variety of populations including healthy …

Background Postoperative analgesia is paramount to recovery after thoracic surgery, and
opioids play an invaluable role in this process. However, current 1-size-fits-all prescribing …

Purpose: Executive function (ExF), the ability to do complex cognitive tasks like planning
and refraining from impulsive behavior, is associated with compliance with medical …

Implementation of an apiary on Dalhousie’s Studley campus would positively impact the
biodiversity of the entire Halifax Urban core. Bees are influential to our environment because of …

Objectives. To examine the relationship between chronic physical health conditions and poor
mental health among Vermonters. Methods. We used cross-sectional data from the 2017 …