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- 10/21/2021
What's stopping Canadian pharmacists from selling at-home COVID tests?
Canadians are upset they can't simply walk into a pharmacy and buy a pack of at-home COVID-19 tests. But these tests are proving quite difficult for pharmacists to get their hands on. - 10/21/2021
Surgeries in Iqaluit postponed as water crisis means tools can't be properly sanitized
Nunavut's health department says the hospital has so far postponed about 30 surgeries, eight urology cases and 28 dental procedures. - 10/20/2021
Group of BC docs has set up their own COVID briefing calling on province to focus on aerosol transmission
Dr. Victor Leung, an infectious disease physician and medical microbiologist, says the province and public health have been too slow to amend mandates to limit the spread of the virus. - 10/20/2021
Who else – other than FPs – can they blame, Melissa?
Dr. Jabir Jassam was heavily moved by an item from Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes titled: “Stop blaming family doctors.” Here is his response. - 10/20/2021
Pharmacy Leader Pavithra Ravinatarajan RPh: "Pharmacy is at a turning point."
There is so much potential for the profession and each and every person entering it. What used to be a primarily patient-facing career can be anything you’d like it to be. - 10/20/2021
Can dogs really help detect cancer?
While initial studies suggest dogs could be helpful in the detection of certain diseases, University of Montreal and Institut Curie researchers are looking to improve upon those initial experiments. - 10/19/2021
Saskatchewan's chief medical health officer was sent threatening emails: government
On Monday, Regina police said a man was charged with uttering threats from a fake account to two people. - 10/19/2021
3 years after legalization, we have shockingly little information about how it changed cannabis use and health harms
The slow roll-out of Canada’s cannabis retail market combined with the glacial speed of academic research means everything you and the government will be hearing about the health effects of legalization is based on outdated and often irrelevant data.