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- 5/31/2022
Experts expect bad year for ticks as disease carrying bugs expand range in Canada
Vett Lloyd, a researcher and director of the Lloyd Tick Lab at Mount Allison University in New Brunswick, says that as the impacts of climate change progress, each tick season will likely be worse than the last. - 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
Healing the people, harming the planet?
In a new series, Aska Patel and Rajni Ratti look at the environmental impact of the healthcare sector and present some possible solutions. - 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. - 5/30/2022
Facing the end of life cannot be easy
Dr. Noorali Bharwani reflects on why dying with dignity is the best way to go. - 5/30/2022
Quebec to use HPV test to screen for cervical cancer, replacing Pap test
The Health Department says the province will systematically offer HPV testing for cervical cancer screening to all women aged 25 to 65, every five years. - 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.