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• 1/8/2023

  Heart screening may not have prevented NFL player Hamlin's collapse

  Damar Hamlin's health history has not been made public. The 24-year-old Buffalo Bills safety remains hospitalized, but doctors say he's making remarkable progress, talking and breathing on his own.
• 1/8/2023

  New guidance: Use drugs, surgery early for obesity in kids

  It's the first guidance on childhood obesity in 15 years from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
• 1/8/2023

  U.S. drugstores make slow headway on staffing problems

  A rush of vaccines, virus tests and a busy flu season started overwhelming pharmacies more than a year ago, forcing many to temporarily close when workers weren't available.
• 1/8/2023

  Cold and flu medication shortage across Canada is a 'wake up call,' pharmacists say

  People across the country are struggling to find adult cold, cough and flu medications, right on the heels of a children's fever and pain medication shortage that still hasn't been fully resolved.
• 1/8/2023

  Canadians should be allowed to fund their medical residency

  Many Canadians go abroad to study medicine hoping to return to Canada but it isn’t easy. A health lawyer argues we should allow Canadians to self-fund their own residency by offering the funding to training hospitals.
• 1/5/2023

  A kiss is just a kiss—or is it?

  Dr. Gary Kinney explores the origin and usefulness of puckering up in the modern day.
• 1/5/2023

  Is bariatric surgery the best way to manage obesity?

  As Dr. Noorali Bharwani notes, long-term success still hinges on healthy eating and exercise.
• 1/5/2023

  One of the largest-ever collections of Chinese medicinal artifacts isn't where you might expect to find it

  Once an apothecary and general store, the Kam Wah Chung museum in John Day, Ore. looks much like it did in the 1940s. 
• 1/5/2023

  Alberta rolls out program aimed at cutting wait times for specialists

  The province's Facilitated Access to Specialized Treatment program is intended to streamline the referral process for physicians and help patients see a specialist sooner.
• 1/5/2023

  B.C. boosts coverage of four drugs, including diabetes med in Hollywood weight fad

  Adrian Dix says the drug sold under the brand name Ozempic will become available to more patients in B.C. with Type 2 diabetes, although the expansion falls short of regular benefit coverage.