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- 7/26/2023
The N.W.T. is registering more doctors than ever. So why the shortage?
In 2003, 236 doctors were registered, according to the professional licensing body of the territory’s Department of Health and Social Services. By 2013, that number had grown to 403. - 7/26/2023
Case report: Just an itch?
A patient at Dr. Robert Dickson's clinic is concerned about her rash, but only because it's itchy. - 7/25/2023
Feds warn Alberta clinic will violate medicare by charging for faster doctor access
The federal agency says Alberta risks losing federal transfer health payments if it doesn’t do something about it, but Premier Danielle Smith says if rules are being broken they will act. - 7/25/2023
Just how bad is BC's rural emergency room crisis?
ERs across the Lower Mainland have made the news for being at capacity and past their breaking points. This overcrowding led to the death of an infant in 2020 and a senior in 2022. - 7/25/2023
Homemade artificial pancreas now safe and effective?
Researchers from Montreal offer new proof of efficiency for homemade automated insulin delivery systems. - 7/25/2023
Vitamin K and diabetes: a promising discovery
Research from Montreal-based team could pave the way for new therapeutic avenues to prevent type 2 diabetes. - 7/25/2023
Sun Life to acquire virtual-care provider Dialogue Health Technologies
The companies say virtual care is bridging the gap for Canadians, half of whom say they can’t schedule a same-day or next-day doctor’s appointment. - 7/25/2023
Use loan repayment to fund benefits for Ontario MDs
The Ontario government wants the money it lent doctors during the struggles of the pandemic back. But what is it planning to use that money for exactly? - 7/25/2023
Just for laughs
Dr. Jabir Jassam shares amusing and lighthearted anecdotes about a patient with a language barrier. - 7/25/2023
Doctors in England escalate pay dispute as they announce another 4 day walkout in August
Fresh from a five-day walkout that was described as the longest in the history of the National Health Service, doctors at the early stages of their careers will stage a walkout in England between Aug. 11 and Aug. 15.