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- 9/30/2021
Merck says experimental pill cuts worst effects of COVID-19
If cleared, the drug would be the first pill shown to treat COVID-19, a potentially major advance in efforts to fight the pandemic. - 9/30/2021
Spotlight 7: Massage therapist blessings
A patient who kept on wanting massage therapy for his chronic anxiety but wouldn’t consider meds or psychotherapy. That didn’t thrill Dr. Jassam—but then the patient’s requests went to something he had to say no to. - 9/30/2021
Drug combo yields ‘excellent’ survival outcomes in HER2+/HR- early breast cancer
Pertuzumab and trastuzumab plus paclitaxel strong survival outcomes in HER2+/HR- early breast cancer. Results from the WSG (West German Study Group)-ADAPT Her2+/HR- trial at the 2021 ASCO conference. - 9/30/2021
'Not prepared to commit fraud': How doctors are communicating with patients who demand vax exemptions
From general pestering to offers of payment, doctors are looking for effective ways to tell patients they don't have a valid reason to be exempt from vaccination. - 9/30/2021
NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen in health news this week
An examination of health-related stories and claims that made the rounds this week, despite being entirely false. - 9/30/2021
Recall on one lot of Mirvala 28 birth control: Health Canada
The pill's blister pack may contain a placebo in part of the blisterpack that should contain the active birth-control pill. - 9/30/2021
A year after the death of Joyce Echaquan: Quebec coroner urges government to recognize systemic racism
Coroner Gehane Kamel's report into the death of Echaquan, released Friday, finds that while the death was accidental, the racism and prejudice the Atikamekw woman was subjected to contributed to her death. - 9/29/2021
'It's really scary:' Alberta physicians face more aggressive, misinformed patients
Two of three Calgary doctors who spoke to The Canadian Press also said some people have yelled racist comments at them after they declined to write a note because the patients did not have health conditions known to cause serious side-effects to a shot. - 9/29/2021
Nova Scotia's medically assisted dying program placed on hold as demand spikes
Dr. Gord Gubitz, the head of the program, says that nine months into the year, Nova Scotia Health has already received more referrals than it did in all of 2020.