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- 11/8/2021
New Shoppers Drug Mart data suggest pandemic has led to decreased high blood pressure diagnosis and treatment
Shoppers Drug Mart is sharing data that suggests that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a reduction in hypertension diagnoses and treatment, an early warning sign for potential longer-term risks, like higher rates of heart attack, stroke and kidney failure. - 11/8/2021
Vaccine refusal: Freedom or disobedience?
With COVID-19 vaccine refusers, Dr. Jabir Jassam takes on the question of the limits of personal freedom when a community’s health is at risk. - 11/8/2021
Private practice docs set to be part of BC's vax mandate
Adrian Dix said Friday that the Ministry of Health is working with the professional college regulating doctors, dentists and other healthcare professionals. - 11/7/2021
I’m an infectious disease doctor and I’m vaccinating our 5-year-old against COVID-19
When it is our turn to vaccinate our five-year-old son against COVID-19, I will do so with confidence and without hesitation. I am encouraging every parent with eligible children between ages five and 11 to do the same. Here is why. - 11/7/2021
New UWaterloo program seeks to fight gender gap in pharmacy leadership
Most pharmacists are women—60% to 70% of pharmacy students and staff pharmacists are female. But they are a minority in leadership positions. - 11/7/2021
Case report: When the tiger bites
Concern about a spreading rash on his right arm, led a 21-year-old fair-skinned male to seek care from our walk-in clinic recently. He was afraid the rash represented an infection. - 11/7/2021
Saskatchewan doctor who died of COVID-19 remembered for his joyful spirit
A longtime friend and fellow physician said Dr. Youssef Al-Begamy died Sunday at a Toronto hospital, where he had been transferred from Saskatchewan late last month and was being treated for the virus. - 11/7/2021
FAQ sheet for parents on COVID-19 vaccinations for kids from UWaterloo School of Pharmacy
The University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy has compiled an answer sheet to frequently asked questions in anticipation of COVID-19 vaccinations being approved for younger kids. - 11/7/2021
StatCan report outlines 2020 deaths caused directly—and indirectly—by the pandemic
According to provisional data, approximately 19,488 more Canadians died between March 2020 and July 2021 than would have been expected. - 11/7/2021
Expense fraud trial of former hospital chief executive underway in Halifax court
The fraud trial of a former hospital chief executive is underway today in a Halifax provincial court.