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- 11/17/2022
Healthcare workers' pandemic overtime hours highest in more than a decade: CIHI
The CIHI report cites Statistics Canada survey data that found more than 236,000 healthcare workers worked overtime in 2021, with an average of 8.2 hours per week of paid overtime and 5.8 hours per week of unpaid overtime. - 11/16/2022
Chronically ill, but 'dying of poverty'
Madeline has lived with myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome or ME/CFS, for more than 30 years after contracting mononucleosis twice in her younger years. - 11/16/2022
Young Leader in Pharmacy Anisha Kaur Sandhu: "...keeping busy and productive keeps me motivated and drives me to do better."
I firmly believe that to lead a purposeful life we need to have the humility to keep learning, the resilience to keep adapting and the passion to keep improving. - 11/16/2022
Top doctors in B.C. and Quebec say no to mandatory masks
Dr. Bonnie Henry said 90% of people in B.C. have some immunity to COVID-19 through vaccination, infection or both. - 11/16/2022
Provincial and federal governments must both take immediate action on medicare crisis
Provincial governments, instead of responding to the problem with the urgency required, have launched a media campaign for more federal funding. - 11/16/2022
Chinese leaders face anger over second child’s quarantine death
Frustration at controls that are confining millions of people to their homes and sparking fights with health workers in China. - 11/15/2022
The mouth speaks: Ask your patients about their oral health
The mouth is literally a viral factory, and it is the gateway to the rest of the body. Indeed, gum disease, otherwise known as periodontitis, has now been shown to be a better predictor of COVID-19 severity than a patient's age. This is HUGE. - 11/15/2022
Half of Quebec nursing students fail September licensing exam, probe launched
Jennifer Gunville, 30, is among the 51% of nursing students in the province who took the September exam and failed to get the minimum passing grade—55%. - 11/15/2022
B.C. health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says no need for 'heavy hand' of mask mandate
Dr. Bonnie Henry said while influenza cases are up, 90% of people in the province have some immunity to the COVID-19 virus through vaccination, infection or both. - 11/15/2022
Major adverse cardiovascular events linked with tofacitinib in treatment of RA
In rheumatoid arthritis patients with a history of cardiovascular disease, the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events is higher with tofacitinib than with tumor necrosis factor inhibitors.