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- 5/10/2023
N.S. man files human rights complaint after late husband denied wish to donate tissue
Liam Dee died from a rare and aggressive cancer last Nov. 10. Adonation screening form from that date says his tissues were declined due to his “homosexual status.” - 5/10/2023
Mpox no longer a global emergency, WHO says
Last July, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared mpox, also known as monkeypox, to be an “extraordinary” situation that qualified as a global crisis. - 5/10/2023
‘A series of system failures’: Misprescribed and ‘dumped’ at the hospital’s doors
A healthcare nightmare began for this Vancouver woman with slow-release morphine. - 5/10/2023
Case report: A diagnostic distribution?
Despite a probing discussion at Dr. Robert Dickson's clinic, the cause of a patient's chest rash remains a mystery. - 5/10/2023
Agency struggled to get pharma companies to engage in drug price reform: memo
The memo, obtained by the NDP through the access-to-information law and shared with The Canadian Press, is a status report from the acting chair of the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board to the health minister about obstacles they were facing to lowering the price of drugs. - 5/9/2023
Doctor politicians by the numbers
Counting up how physicians involve themselves in Canadian politics. - 5/9/2023
Pharmacies can be safe space for victims of domestic violence
Quebec pharmacist co-authors guidelines to help pharmacy staff identify and support patients of domestic abuse. - 5/9/2023
Alberta NDP says newly uncovered video of Smith concerning for public hospitals
The video, which was shot in October 2021 before Smith became premier, shows her suggesting a way to sell hospitals such as Rockyview, Peter Lougheed and South Health Campus in Calgary. - 5/9/2023
NHL tough guys die 10 years younger than their fellow players, study finds
Researchers at Columbia University in New York reached the conclusion after analyzing data from 6,039 NHL players from 1967 to last spring. - 5/9/2023
Flawed licensing exam led to half of Quebec nursing students failing, report finds
The independent commissioner who oversees access to Quebec professional orders raises questions about the reliability and validity of the order of nurses’ entrance exam.