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- 6/11/2023
Law Society of Alberta hearing into former health minister Tyler Shandro continues
A Calgary doctor, who had posted a photo on social media of Shandro with a caption related to privatizing healthcare, has told the hearing he received a visit to his home from the minister and his wife in March 2020. - 6/11/2023
Vancouver family who lost son to fentanyl donates $20 million to recovery centre
Jill Diamond, executive director of Vancouver’s Diamond Foundation and sister to Steven Diamond, said in a statement that her brother might still be alive today if he had received the care being offered at Vancouver’s St. Paul’s Hospital. - 6/11/2023
England’s health service says it won’t give puberty blockers to children at gender clinics
Children can still be given puberty blockers in exceptional circumstances, the NHS said, and a clinical study on their impact on kids is due to start by next year. - 6/11/2023
Abstinence not required: How a Baltimore drug treatment program prioritizes saving lives
The clinic exemplifies an ongoing shift in the nation’s approach to stemming overdose deaths, which surged during the pandemic to unprecedented heights as the potent synthetic opioid fentanyl replaced heroin in drug markets across the country. - 6/11/2023
What does a retinal surgeon and ophthalmologist do all day?
A day in the life of Dr. Ravinder Dennis Bhui. - 6/9/2023
A little white pill, Captagon, gives Syria's Assad a strong tool in winning over Arab states
Saudi Arabia has intercepted large shipments of pills hidden in crates of fake plastic oranges and in hollowed out pomegranates—even pills crushed and molded to look like traditional clay bowls. - 6/8/2023
Alberta has a new health minister after cabinet shuffle
Smith’s 25-member team—down from 27 in her first cabinet last fall—were sworn in during a ceremony at Government House. - 6/8/2023
Documents reveal what happened inside the discord at Canada's drug price regulator
Emails released to the House of Commons committee on health suggest some on the regulator’s board believed the crisis that followed the minister’s letter threatened the very survival of the agency. - 6/8/2023
QUIZ: Test your knowledge of practice-changing research
The Canadian primary-care group known as PEER (Patients, Experience, Evidence, Research) has published their list of the top papers published in 2022 that are relevant to primary care. Are you current with the latest research that could influence your practice? Find out here! - 6/8/2023
Newer heart transplant method could allow more patients a chance at lifesaving surgery
It’s called donation after circulatory death, a method long used to recover kidneys and other organs but not more fragile hearts.