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- 11/17/2022
QUIZ: Cardiovascular disease in primary care
Test your knowledge of Canada’s harmonized prevention and treatment guideline. - 11/17/2022
Foreign supply of children's pain meds set to hit Canadian shelves next week
One million bottles of children's medication will have been distributed to hospitals, pharmacies and retailers after next week, health officials said during a media briefing. - 11/17/2022
Pfizer booster spurs immune response to new omicron subtypes
With relatives of BA.5 now on the rise, a question is how the new boosters will hold up. - 11/17/2022
Timing of menopausal hormone therapy important in terms of CVD risks
SOGC menopause and cardiovascular disease guideline details benefits, risks. - 11/17/2022
Nova Scotia children's hospital sees historically high patient numbers
Dr. Andrew Lynk said Thursday that Halifax children's hospital IWK Health Centre is seeing patient numbers higher than he's experienced in his more than 30-year career. - 11/17/2022
'It really shook me': Calgary surgeon spearheads drive to send supplies to Ukraine
Dr. Paul Fedak, who is Ukrainian-Canadian, said he was watching a social media post months ago of a Ukrainian cardiac surgeon, Dr. Igor Mokryk, taking patients down into a bunker as bombs were going off overhead. - 11/17/2022
Healthcare workers' pandemic overtime hours highest in more than a decade: CIHI
The CIHI report cites Statistics Canada survey data that found more than 236,000 healthcare workers worked overtime in 2021, with an average of 8.2 hours per week of paid overtime and 5.8 hours per week of unpaid overtime. - 11/17/2022
Alberta government fires health board, appoints administrator to fix system stresses
Premier Danielle Smith said Dr. John Cowell will take over the duties of the Alberta Health Services board effective immediately. - 11/17/2022
Why South Asians are at increased risk for diabetes: A complex interplay of genetics, diet and history
In Canada, 14.4% of South Asians have Type 2 diabetes, the highest prevalence of any other ethnic group in the country. - 11/16/2022
Young Leader in Pharmacy Anisha Kaur Sandhu: "...keeping busy and productive keeps me motivated and drives me to do better."
I firmly believe that to lead a purposeful life we need to have the humility to keep learning, the resilience to keep adapting and the passion to keep improving. - 11/16/2022
Chinese leaders face anger over second child’s quarantine death
Frustration at controls that are confining millions of people to their homes and sparking fights with health workers in China.