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- 3/6/2024
‘That women will have the same opportunities as men’
What the life stories of pioneering female physicians teach us about Canadian medical culture today. - 3/6/2024
Weight-loss drugs like Wegovy are meant for long-term use. Some patients want to stop
Many worry, rightly, that they’ll regain weight and revert to old habits. In clinical trials, patients who paused the drugs put back on most of the weight they lost. - 3/6/2024
Health Canada to completely ban use of strychnine poison by September
Strychnine has been used for decades to control animal pests, especially predators such as coyotes and wolves. Although it is highly effective, many consider it cruel. - 3/5/2024
Canadian Covid Society launches to address long-term effects, prevent further illness
The founders are two ER doctors, an engineer, a physicist and a governance expert. - 3/5/2024
A rallying cry for family medicine—and other healthcare professionals
A recent opinion piece that discourages family medicine doctors from starting a practice in Ontario at this time has Maria DiDanieli deeply troubled. - 3/5/2024
Drug site idea for Richmond, B.C., was ditched. Why are critics still so furious?
Protesters have chanted, cheered and sobbed at city hall, marched by the hundreds and organized petitions. - 3/5/2024
After a yearlong wait for an MRI, N.L. woman now needs a 16-hour brain surgery
Alanna McDonald says she was put on a two-year waiting list for an MRI in January 2023 after unexplained bursts of kaleidoscopic vision developed into debilitating migraines and facial numbness. - 3/4/2024
Ottawa, Nunavut sign $36M deal to improve healthcare services in territory
The agreement, announced in Iqaluit, is to increase the number of Inuit working in healthcare. - 3/4/2024
Case report: Amoxil rash?
An intriguing case involving a child with a rash purportedly due to an amoxicillin allergy came to Dr. Robert Dickson’s walk-in clinic recently. - 3/4/2024
Why you should never retire
Despite initial plans for a leisurely but purposeful retirement, Dr. Bert Wing King found the reality boring and felt it produces a stress of its own.