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- 2/16/2024
Governments can improve patient, physician health by reducing ‘red tape’
CMA president Dr. Kathleen Ross and Dan Kelly of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business recently made the case for a nationwide effort combating excess paperwork in healthcare. - 2/16/2024
Pharmacies around the world: Luzern, Switzerland
Hands up if you make a point of checking out local pharmacies when you travel? - 2/16/2024
Actually, Ontario does NOT have a shortage of family physicians . . .
Dr. Sohail Gandhi argues family doctors should be paid for doing admin work. - 2/16/2024
More people die after smoking drugs than injecting them, finds large study
The study took information on how drugs were taken in about 71,000 of the more than 311,000 total U.S. overdose deaths over three years. - 2/16/2024
U.S. FDA expands use of asthma drug Xolair to treat severe food allergies
People who use Xolair must continue to avoid the foods that cause them reactions. - 2/16/2024
Could measles really explode in Canada?
The global picture is changing for this dangerous disease. - 2/16/2024
Call Auntie a model of Indigenous-led community healthcare
The initiative started as a hotline and has since grown to include a weekly clinic that offers wrap-around health support. - 2/15/2024
Prime minister and Manitoba premier announce $633M in health funding
Almost $434 million is to support Manitoba’s three-year plan to improve healthcare and about $199 million is to bolster care for seniors. - 2/15/2024
Legal experts raise concerns about Alberta's plans for transgender youth
Thirty-six law professors, legal researchers and other staff from two Alberta universities are asking the province to reconsider policy changes affecting transgender youth. - 2/15/2024
Assisted-dying expansion delay not based on stereotypes around mental illness: Virani
Canada’s justice minister says allowing access to an assisted death solely on the basis of a mental disorder is a complex endeavour—and that’s the only reason for the delay.