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- 2/2/2022
Toronto hospitals urge downtown healthcare workers not to wear their uniforms during trucker protest planned for Saturday
Toronto police are planning to up security surrounding downtown hospitals, with workers who don't strictly need to be at their hospital being encouraged to stay away. - 2/2/2022
Beyond Jimmy Buffett: the new medical conference
Medical conferences require a fundamental rethink shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic. Patient attendance likely the norm going forward. - 2/2/2022
Financial restructuring at Laurentian U likely to mean higher rent for NOSM
This is based on recently released documents from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice referring to the Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act, which is overseeing the financial insolvency matters at LU. - 2/2/2022
Free passes to Canada's national parks are good medicine
The passes are being offered by Parks Canada through its partnership with the British Columbia Parks Foundation to allow healthcare providers like doctors, nurses and therapists who have registered for the program to "prescribe'' nature to patients dealing with both physical and mental health challenges. - 2/1/2022
CMA, activists call on Canada to speed vaccine access globally to stop new variants
Dr. Katharine Smart, the president of the leading association of Canadian medical professionals, says raising the international vaccination rate is the only way to prevent the rise of new COVID-19 variants that are prolonging the pandemic through an endless cycle of lockdowns and serious illness. - 2/1/2022
Could provincial governments mandate children’s COVID-19 vaccinations for school attendance?
On the surface, there are many compelling reasons for mandating pediatric vaccinations for in-school attendance. While children are far less likely to develop serious illness from COVID-19 than adults, the risk is nonetheless greater than for other vaccine preventable diseases for which there are school mandates in some provinces. - 2/1/2022
Marketing and awareness can improve your sales
Although some pharmacists might question the role of upselling in pharmacy, it can not only improve their sales but also enhance their patient care. - 2/1/2022
From veteran to rookie: Dr. Hayley Wickenheiser shares her resident wellness strategies
How life lessons as an Olympic athlete inform Dr. Wickenheiser’s approach to self-care. - 2/1/2022
Long lasting cell treatment cured leukemia patients: doctors
The treatment cured Olson and a second patient, according to the University of Pennsylvania doctors, who said it was the first time the therapy had been studied for so long. - 2/1/2022
Every Rx for a travel vaccine represents an opportunity
Every incoming script for a travel vaccine to a community pharmacy presents an opportunity to assess a patient’s preventable travel-related health risks.