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- 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. - 11/8/2021
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. - 11/7/2021
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. - 11/7/2021
Promoting the role of the pharmacist one anecdote at a time
For the past year and a half, a pharmacist has anonymously shared informative and funny anecdotes on Facebook and Instagram about her daily life at work. But who is hiding behind the page "Diary of a pharmacist," which has become very successful on social networks? - 11/7/2021
CPSA just getting started with unannounced inspections of Alberta docs with numerous COVID complaints against them
The college confirmed to CBC News that five investigations are ongoing and involve Alberta doctors against whom the most numerous and serious complaints have been made. - 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.