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- 12/7/2023
Ontario needs to boost doctor pay and benefits
Ontario doctors now have gross incomes lower than any other province save Newfoundland, points out Dr. Charles Shaver. - 12/7/2023
QUIZ: Preventing drug-related falls
Falls are the leading cause of injury-related hospitalizations and deaths among seniors. One of the key risk factors is the use of fall-risk-increasing drugs (FRIDs). Test your knowledge here! - 12/7/2023
1 in 9 Canadian adults have had long term symptoms from COVID infection, StatCan says
Almost 80% of those people with long-term symptoms have them for six months or more, the report said. - 12/7/2023
Breast cancer survivors may not need so many mammograms after surgery, U.K. study suggests
Yearly screening is meant to monitor whether cancer has come back. All that testing causes anxiety for patients and costs money. - 12/7/2023
Chronic fatigue syndrome is more common than some past studies suggest, CDC says
Health officials on Friday released the first nationally representative estimate of how many U.S. adults have chronic fatigue syndrome: 3.3 million. - 12/7/2023
Death toll rises to five in cantaloupe salmonella outbreak, as cases almost double
Five people have died in a salmonella outbreak linked to Malichita and Rudy brand cantaloupes sold in six provinces. - 12/7/2023
More risk of C. difficile in hospitalized patients taking antidepressants
Given the increasingly widespread use of antidepressants, researchers believe more attention should be paid to the risks for hospitalized patients. - 12/6/2023
AHS just got a new president and CEO
AHS has had a tumultuous end to its year off the back of announcements from the Alberta premier’s office about major overhaul coming to the healthcare system. - 12/6/2023
HIV diagnoses hit 10-year high in Montreal, cases more than double between 2021-22
Data shared last week shows the number of new reported HIV cases more than doubled between 2021 and 2022, to 310 from 141. - 12/6/2023
B.C. chief coroner Lisa Lapointe retiring, sad about lack of sway on overdose policy
The B.C. Coroners Service had been ‘forever altered’ by the public health emergency that continued to take the lives of people of all ages across the province, including more than 2,000 deaths so far this year, Lapointe said.