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- 11/25/2018
Trazodone associated with similar risk of falls and major fractures as antipsychotics in seniors with dementia
As physicians attempt to decrease antipsychotic use in seniors with dementia, they need to be aware that trazodone, frequently used as an alternative, is associated with a similar risk of falls and major fractures as atypical antipsychotics, according to new research. - 11/25/2018
Editorial: Inspiring bold ideas and solving big problems
Canadian doctors face big challenges but together we can overcome them - 11/25/2018
Dispatch: Medicalized social lives
In October, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the Canadian association for Francophone doctors announced that physicians would now be able to prescribe free trips to the gallery—up to 50 of them for a family of four—to help treat conditions ranging from breast cancer to epilepsy. - 11/25/2018
National pharmacare by 2020 would cost $9.7 B in public funding but save more in total costs: analysis
A new analysis in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) outlines the potential government cost of a national Canadian pharmacare program and sets out approaches to shifting the funding for drugs in Canada to realize billions in savings. - 11/25/2018
What if . . . FPs ran their own primary care teams?
Right now Canadian doctors generally have to see patients themselves to treat and bill. But what if they didn’t? - 11/25/2018
Will email unlock the future of primary care?
Probably, but the fact that we don’t know yet has frustrated virtually every patient and many doctors