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- 1/9/2024
Pope Francis calls for a universal ban on surrogacy. He says it exploits mother and child
Saying a child is a gift and ‘never the basis of a commercial contract,’ he called for a global ban on surrogacy ‘to prohibit this practice universally.’ - 1/9/2024
It’s not your imagination: Hospital patients getting more complex according to study in B.C.
Dr. Hiten Naik, an internal medicine physician and research fellow at the University of British Columbia, said policymakers need to invest more in hospital care teams that include pharmacists and physiotherapists. - 1/8/2024
Feds must decide whether ‘all Canadians’ have right to assisted dying: senator
A joint committee of parliamentarians was asked last fall to study the question whether the healthcare system was ready and the Liberals now face the choice of whether to go ahead with broadening the rules. - 1/8/2024
An eye medication to treat obesity?
In studying the effect of bimatoprost on certain adipose tissue cells, researchers are hopeful it could be used to address harmful fat storage. - 1/5/2024
Case report: Almost gone but concerning
A patient at Dr. Robert Dickson's clinic discovers a lesion that's unrelated to his initial concerns. - 1/5/2024
FDA go-ahead to allow Canadian drugs to be exported to U.S. causing worry
Joelle Walker, vice president of public affairs for the Canadian Pharmacists Association says the decision is not great news for Canada. - 1/5/2024
QUIZ: Diabetes-related foot infections
An international group, including Canadian authors, recently issued an updated guideline on diagnosis and treatment of diabetes-related foot infections. How much do you know about this potentially devastating complication? - 1/5/2024
Eli Lilly starts U.S. website to connect patients with new obesity treatment, Zepbound, other drugs
The drugmaker said Thursday it will use the site, called LillyDirect, to pair visitors with third-party mail-order pharmacies for prescriptions and to care providers through a virtual medical weight-loss clinic. - 1/5/2024
Put the brakes on allowing Medical Assistance in Dying for those with mental illness
Studies of prognostic accuracy show psychiatrists are wrong half the time. I have cared for patients struggling with chronic suicidality; patients I worried might one day take their lives. - 1/5/2024
Third child under 10 dies of complications linked to influenza in B.C.
Thursday’s report says cases of influenza are rising in B.C., along with RSV, while hospitalizations and deaths linked to COVID-19 have decreased since early November.