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- 2/26/2024
Strep throat bug also causes flesh-eating disease, but why is a ‘random game’
An assistant fire chief with Vancouver Fire Rescue Services is recovering in a Hong Kong hospital after a bout with the infection forced the amputation of one of his legs above the knee. - 2/25/2024
Primary-care teams, access to health records key fixes for family doc crisis: report
Researchers at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto surveyed more than 9,000 people online and had in-person discussions with dozens more across Canada to talk about their experiences with primary care and how to fix it. - 2/25/2024
As family doctors our prescription for residents is to not set up a practice in Ontario
Governments in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and British Columbia have made family medicine a priority—and backed their words with targeted funding. Ontario must as well. - 2/25/2024
What is pushing family medicine to economic extinction?
A family doctor walks into a bar, and cries, ‘Ouch my head! It’s so dark in here I didn’t see the friggin’ bar overhead!’ - 2/25/2024
On addressing the shortage of family doctors now
A retired FP looks at the disparity between the fees paid to him decades ago and what the inflation-adjusted amounts should be—and what Ontario actually pays now. - 2/25/2024
Freeland pledges pharmacare deal won’t jeopardize federal finances
The NDP confirmed on Friday that it reached a deal on pharmacare with the Liberals, which would allow every Canadian with a health card to access free diabetes medication and birth control. - 2/25/2024
‘Superhighways’: Study says rural ground wells increase risk of higher radon levels
‘Compared to an X-ray, an alpha particle is vastly more damaging to our DNA, generating mutations that drive our cells, in the lung, toward cancer.’ - 2/25/2024
Seoul gives young doctors 4 days to end walkouts, threatening suspended licenses and prosecutions
About 9,000 medical interns and residents have stayed off the job since early last week to protest a government plan to increase medical school admissions by about 65%. - 2/22/2024
NDP says it has reached deal with Liberals on pharmacare bill as deadline looms
The first deadline to reach a deal was pushed back in December, with both parties agreeing to extend it to March 1. - 2/22/2024
QUIZ: When to (and when not to) refer for diagnostic imaging
The Canadian Association of Radiologists (CAR) is updating their diagnostic imaging referral guidelines for the first time since 2012, in consultation with family doctors, emergency physicians and other groups. See how much you know about appropriate imaging referrals!