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- 11/9/2022
Quebec to hire more nurses to address overcrowding in north after death of 10 infants
The regional health board said today that a recruitment drive is underway to hire more nurses to vaccinate children against disease and offer preventive services to the Inuit communities of Nunavik. - 11/9/2022
In medical first, doctors treat fatal genetic disease before birth
Ayla Bashir, a 16-month-old from Ottawa, Ontario, is the first child treated as fetus for Pompe disease, an inherited and often fatal disorder in which the body fails to make some or all of a crucial protein. - 11/9/2022
Death of Quebec teen shot by cops avoidable if health system had intervened: coroner
Police shot Fairholm in the head on July 25, 2018, after they were called to the parking lot of an abandoned restaurant in Lac-Brome, Que., and found the teenager yelling and waving what turned out to be an air pistol. - 11/9/2022
How to prevent missing person incidents for seniors living with dementia
People living with dementia are at risk of getting lost, and go missing every day in Canada. - 11/9/2022
Kidney cancer: a new indication approved for Keytruda
The treatment is approved for patients who have a moderate to high risk of recurrence, following nephrectomy or nephrectomy accompanied by surgical resection of metastatic lesions. - 11/9/2022
Nurse accused of amputating patient's foot to put on display
A nurse in Wisconsin has been charged with elder abuse, accused of amputating a hospice patient's frostbitten foot without his consent and without doctor's orders. - 11/9/2022
Euthanasia (MAiD) activists put a dollar value on human life
Dr. Sohail Ghandi warns against wrecklessly expanded criteria in who can choose to die. - 11/9/2022
Dr. Tam warns of flu upswing, new COVID-19 variants as viral triple threat continues
Although a recent surge of COVID-19 cases seem to have “plateaued,'' Dr. Tam says emerging Omicron variants BQ.1.1 and BF.7 are on the rise. - 11/9/2022
Alberta premier consulting with Trump adviser may affect health system, NDP warns
Notley's NDP is calling for Smith to revoke the invitation to Dr. Alexander and reveal the names of the medical people Smith says are now advising her on public health policy. - 11/9/2022
POLL: Is Twitter over as a health info tool?
Recently, things on the social media platform have gotten even more chaotic than usual.