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- 9/11/2022
Ontario opens bivalent vaccine appointments for most vulnerable
The province said bivalent vaccine appointments could be booked as of Monday morning through its online booking system, with the first appointments also available the same day. - 9/11/2022
Gender pay gap in Canadian medicine—yes, it’s real!
Adjusting for demographics and hours/weeks of work, we found that on average female physicians earn about 9% less than their male counterparts, finds health economist Boris Kralj. - 9/11/2022
FGC Health launches succession-planning program for pharmacists
The new service aims to help pharmacists price, sell and transition out of their businesses. - 9/11/2022
How to better manage nocturnal blood glucose levels in type 1 diabetes patients
Study points to benefits of algorithm-assisted insulin delivery to improve glucose management. - 9/11/2022
EXPLAINER: 'Morning after pill' not always option after rape
Getting access to these emergency measures in the short time frame in which they would be effective may not be realistic for someone who has just been assaulted. - 9/11/2022
Pralsetinib: a promising new drug in the treatment of cancer
With an ongoing phase 3 study, pralsetinib seems to be a promising candidate for the treatment of different types of cancer because of the presence of oncogenic rearranged during transfection) fusions. - 9/11/2022
Ontario pharmacist brings medication to Pakistan as flooding displaces millions
A pharmacist from Brantford, Ontario, will soon deliver medication to Pakistan, which is suffering from extreme flooding. - 9/8/2022
DRUG QUIZ: Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
Can you tell which of these drugs is an NRTI? - 9/8/2022
New COVID-19 Hazard Index provides a snapshot of risk levels from province to province
The dashboard, made by COVID-19 Resources Canada, provides a current analysis of risk broken down by province. - 9/8/2022
Seven months in and Alberta's RESIDE program has only attracted one doctor to the province
Announced in February, only 18 applications have come through, and only one doc has a set start-date for a much-needed rural residency.