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- 11/1/2020
Health Canada requests stronger warnings on 'Z-drugs'
Commonly known as 'Z-drugs,' these medications — used to treat sleep and anxiety disorders, some seizure disorders and to relax muscles or relieve muscle spasms — can lead to problematic use and substance use disorder, according to Health Canada. - 11/1/2020
Rexall pausing flu vaccinations amid supply issues in Ontario
The province said previously that it ordered 5.1 million individual doses of the flu vaccine this year, a 16% increase from 2019. - 11/1/2020
Fighting for a hand to hold: Confronting medical colonialism against Indigenous children in Canada
In the summer of 2017, I was the treating emergency physician involved in the care of two Inuit children from Nunavik who were transferred to the Montreal Children’s Hospital (MCH) by Évacuations aéromédicales du Québec (ÉVAQ), the provincially run medical evacuation airlift service. The first child was a preschooler who fell off a moving all-terrain vehicle earlier that morning and was transferred to us with a suspicion of injuries to the abdomen and head. - 11/1/2020
WELL Health Technologies acquires 'billing as a service' provider DoctorCare
Designed to support physicians without a sophisticated back-office team, DoctorCare provides 'billing as a service' outsourcing services for more than 2,000 physicians in Canada. - 11/1/2020
N.L. premier wants to maintain surgical credentials
Dr. Furey, who is 45 years old, asserted he plans to have a "life after politics," and that he doesn't want his stint as premier to jeopardize his future career as a physician. - 11/1/2020
OMA assures doctors privacy will be upheld in StatsCanada project
The purpose of the data gathering is to strengthen the associations bargaining position in relativity discussions with the provincial government, the OMA said. - 11/1/2020
Why relationships in primary care matter now more than ever
We’ve been getting by with virtual care, and during the pandemic, it may be the best option possible given the many constraints we are facing. But we need to recognize and value the relational effort that makes virtual care function. Ultimately, family medicine is built on relationships. It's relationships, in the clinic and in our communities that will get us through this pandemic. - 11/1/2020
Federal government's reintroduced MAiD bill has doctors divided
Proposed legislation to amend Canada’s law on medical assistance in dying goes against the nature of medicine, which is to heal patients and alleviate suffering, says Dr. Ramona Coelho, a family physician in London, Ont. Dr. Coelho is among a group of physicians who wrote an open letter opposing Bill C-7. More than 800 Canadian doctors have now signed the letter. - 10/31/2020
Zoom and our health