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- 5/31/2022
Health PEI reports privacy breach after laptop reported stolen in early April
The agency says the theft was reported to police the day after it was stolen, although it didn't provide a specific date. - 5/31/2022
Apotex Salutes Canada's APOthecary Heroes
Launched for the first time, the APOthecary Heroes Contest was developed to recognize the impact that pharmacy professionals contribute to quality patient care. - 5/31/2022
As a pharmacy leader, which should you be? Nice or kind?
Niceness is overrated. Be kind instead. Kindness is about having our hearts in the right place. It’s about wanting the best for others and for ourselves. It has nothing to do with being liked. - 5/31/2022
Addressing childhood anxiety as early as kindergarten could reduce its harmful impacts
With colleagues, we undertook a population-wide study of kindergarten-age children attending public schools across Canada between 2004 and 2015. To our knowledge, this study provided the first Canada-wide snapshot of anxiety symptoms among children as they enter school. - 5/31/2022
Against doctors' wishes Quebec passes its Bill 11, asking them to add to their patient loads
The FMOQ has come out strongly against this bill for many months, but it looks like it's becoming law in Quebec regardless. - 5/30/2022
Fish tales from the other side of the pond
You can liberate the fish, but as Dr. Gary Kinney explains, you can’t ensure they’ll survive the battle. - 5/30/2022
From Latin poetry to sham surgery: A history of placebos
Technically speaking, we have been using placebos for thousands of years. Ancient medicines and rituals practiced by earlier humans were often (at best) medically inert. The Ebers Papyrus (1500 B.C.) listed hundreds of prescriptions used in ancient Egypt, with modern study finding the vast majority to be “medically worthless.” Whether intentional or not, these were placebo interventions. - 5/30/2022
B.C. starts Burnaby Hospital upgrade as rural hospitals face weekend ward closures
British Columbia's hospital system is "teetering'' and in need of more federal funding, Premier John Horgan said, as he addressed recent temporary ward closures at hospitals in rural communities. - 5/30/2022
Why stress-related illness is so hard to diagnose, and how a patient-centred playful approach can help
Allostatic load makes people vulnerable to various types of cardiac, gastrointestinal, endocrinological, immunological, neurological, metabolic and psychiatric problems. - 5/30/2022
Canada announces decriminalization plan for drug users in B.C.
The three-year exemption effective Jan. 31 will apply to drug users 18 and over and include opioids, cocaine, methamphetamine and MDMA, also known as ecstasy.