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- 12/19/2021
European study suggests aspirin use linked to increased risk of heart failure
Associated with a 26% raised risk of a new heart failure diagnosis, according to a study published in ESC Heart Failure. - 12/19/2021
COVID-19 vaccine shots snapped up in Ontario as adults become eligible for boosters
While many were able to secure spots—the government said more than 125,000 third-dose appointments were booked through the province's online portal as of 10 a.m—many others expressed frustration at not being able to find shots in their region or having to settle for appointments several weeks from now. - 12/19/2021
Medicine: Job or calling
The classical debate over whether medicine is a job or a calling got spicy recently after a tweet by a doctor with tens of thousands of followers. - 12/16/2021
Alberta justice dismisses doctors' requests to be exempt from vaccine policy
An Alberta judge has dismissed an application by four doctors who wanted to be exempt from an Alberta Health Services requirement that all healthcare workers be vaccinated against COVID-19. - 12/16/2021
New Brunswick reports 163 new COVID-19 cases as interim restrictions set to take effect
Distancing must be maintained at all times in businesses, retail stores, gyms, salons and in spas, while in restaurants, a two-metre distance must be kept between tables. - 12/16/2021
Call me maybe? Why doctors who trained in N.L. want to work there, but don't
Doctors who trained in Newfoundland and Labrador are like high school graduates waiting by the phone for someone to ask them to the prom. - 12/16/2021
Experts call for N95s to become new masking standard to curb Omicron spread
Virginia Tech engineering professor Linsey Marr, who studies viruses in the air, says respirators offer far more protection than a surgical mask, both to the wearer and others around them. - 12/16/2021
Taking action on Omicron: What different provinces are doing
This week, almost every Canadian province and territory made updates to its plans to deal with COVID-19 and the latest variant—find your province's latest news here. - 12/16/2021
Food for thought on retirement for doctors
You need a plan. The “sugar rush of retirement”—the roughly six-month period of euphoria newly-retired people feel from their unstructured lives free of obligations—wears off and then what will you do?