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- 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! - 2/22/2024
What's next after the Alabama ruling that counts IVF embryos as children?
The ruling is the first of its kind and extends a theory championed by some anti-abortion groups—that embryos and fetuses should be considered children and be afforded legal protections—into a new realm. - 2/22/2024
Check you’re fully immunized against measles, Public Health Agency of Canada urges
The first dose of measles, mumps and rubella vaccine is usually given to babies at 12 to 15 months and then again before the child starts school. - 2/22/2024
How I did it: Carlene Oleksyn explains how she implemented the ‘Pharmacist-First’ workflow
In this new feature from the print edition of Pharmacy Practice + Business, pharmacists give first-hand accounts of their practice success stories. - 2/22/2024
A pacemaker for the brain helped a woman with crippling depression. It may soon be available to more
Researchers say the treatment—called deep brain stimulation, or DBS—could eventually help many of the nearly 3 million Americans like her with depression that resists other treatments.