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- 11/29/2022
Drug slows Alzheimer's but can it make a real difference?
Japanese drugmaker Eisai and its U.S. partner Biogen had announced earlier this fall that the drug lecanemab appeared to work. - 11/29/2022
Penalty asked for doctor who spoke of 10 year old's abortion
The complaint alleges Dr. Caitlin Bernard violated state law by not reporting the girl's child abuse to Indiana authorities and violated patient privacy laws by telling a newspaper reporter about the girl's treatment. - 11/29/2022
Feds name doctors, academics and lawyer to Cannabis Act review panel
The Cannabis Act, which set purchase and possession limits at 30 grams of dried pot or the equivalent in 2018, says the government must issue a report, including findings and recommendations, no later than 18 months after the review begins. - 11/29/2022
Can B.C. agreement be applied to Ontario doctors?
One concept in B.C.’s new FP pay offering could do miracles if applied in other provinces, argues Dr. Jabir Jassam. - 11/29/2022
WHO renames monkeypox as mpox, citing racism concerns
WHO said it was concerned by the “racist and stigmatizing language'' that arose after monkeypox spread to more than 100 countries. It said numerous individuals and countries asked the organization “to propose a way forward to change the name.'' - 11/28/2022
Alberta legislature member Thomas Dang sentenced for hacking COVID-19 vaccine portal
Judge Michelle Doyle sentenced Thomas Dang in the Provincial Court of Alberta in Edmonton on Tuesday. - 11/28/2022
Trudeau expresses support for Chinese protesters as show of dissent roils Beijing
Crowds in China angered by the controls have called on leader Xi Jinping to resign in the biggest show of public dissent in decades. - 11/28/2022
POLL: Amid quadrivalent flu vax shortages, how are you advising elderly patients?
With reported scattered shortages of quadrivalent flu vaccine in pharmacies, how have you been counselling seniors who come to the pharmacy for their annual flu shot? - 11/28/2022
Caring for kids: Whose business is it anyway?
Quebec's decision to move pediatric primary care away from pediatricians to FPs is creating even more challenges. - 11/28/2022
Nunavut has new chief public health officer
Dr. Michael Patterson, the outgoing chief officer of public health, is going back to full-time hospital work.