Physical and mental health inequalities among aging lesbian, gay, and bisexual Canadians: cross-sectional results from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA).

Objective: International estimates suggest the presence of health inequalities among older sexual minorities (i.e., individuals who identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual and are 65 years old or above).

Physiotherapists and Physiotherapy Student Placements across Regions in Ontario: A Descriptive Comparison.

Purpose: To describe the distribution and type of physiotherapy student placements in one year relative to the number of practising physiotherapists of Ontario.

Methods: Site information about physiotherapy students' clinical placements in Ontario in 2010 was obtained from Academic Coordinators of Clinical Education. Worksite information about physiotherapists who reported providing direct patient care at a primary employment site in Ontario and at least 600 practice hours in their annual renewal was obtained from the College of Physiotherapists of Ontario.

Post-traumatic stress disorder in physicians from an underserviced area.

Background: Studies suggest a high prevalence of mental illness in physicians. The rate of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been examined in physicians exposed to traumatic circumstances and physicians in training but never in physicians in regular practice.

Objective: To estimate the prevalence of PTSD in physicians practicing in a predominantly rural and remote and medically underserviced region of Canada.

Up-regulation of integrin expression in lung adenocarcinoma cells caused by bacterial infection: in vitro study.

Integrins are a large family of adhesion receptors that are known to be key signaling molecules in both physiological and pathological processes. Previous studies have demonstrated that the expression of integrin receptors in the pulmonary epithelium can change under various pathological conditions, such as injury, inflammation, or malignant transformation. We hypothesize that integrin expression can be altered by stimulation of lung epithelial cells with an opportunistic bacterial pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa.