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- 2/9/2022
Do FPs cause delays in other specialists’ wait time?
Wait times for specialists are long for many reasons and unnecessary referrals from family doctors are one of these reasons, says Dr. Jabir Jassam. - 2/9/2022
Northern Ontario School of Medicine receives 'ground breaking' donation
The Northern Ontario School of Medicine received a $1 million donation from the Slaight Family Foundation to support 40 BIPOC women medical students who live in Northern Ontario. - 2/9/2022
French HIV discoverer Luc Montagnier has died at 89
Montagnier died Tuesday at the American Hospital of Paris in Neuilly-sur-Seine, a western suburb of the capital, the area's city hall said. No other details have been released. - 2/9/2022
New vaccine mandate applies to all regulated health professionals in B.C. by March 24
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says the order will take effect March 24 and will bring those workers, including dentists, pharmacists, doctors and chiropractors, in line with others already under vaccine mandates. - 2/9/2022
POLL: If we're post-peak vaccination in pharmacies, what's next?
Now that demand for COVID-19 vaccines and boosters has peaked, what's your priority for your pharmacy in the months ahead? - 2/9/2022
More trucks out of Ottawa's core, as calls grow for end to border blockades
Political patience with the protesters has run thin as vehicles choke the flow of goods at border crossings, including at Coutts, Alta., Emerson, Man., and the busy Windsor-Detroit Ambassador Bridge. - 2/8/2022
Governments should listen to the experts and ease COVID restrictions
For the past two years, the majority of Canadians have done their part to help combat the greatest health care crisis in a generation. We’ve dutifully worn masks, social distanced, gotten vaccinated and done our part to help protect others. - 2/8/2022
How sweat sensors could play a critical role in monitoring our health
Sweat is a biological fluid — like blood, saliva and urine — that contains metabolites, electrolytes, proteins and hormones. The levels of these vary depending on a person’s health. Wearable sweat sensors have been developed to track users’ health condition and monitor the levels of these substances (known as analytes) in sweat. - 2/8/2022
Nutrition in adolescence: Multiple challenges, lifelong consequences and the foundation for adult health
The combined factors that shape diet can include personal factors, such as taste preferences and knowledge of healthy foods; social influences like friends, families and co-workers; and physical surroundings, including stores and advertising. - 2/8/2022
Kenney apologizes for comparing stigma of being unvaccinated to plight of '80s HIV-AIDS patients
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has a personal tie to the issue, fighting in San Francisco in the 1980s to overturn a law extending hospital visitation rights to gay couples—a move aimed at preventing people from visiting their dying partners.