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- 11/3/2020
Pharmacy graduates frustrated at licensing delays
A recent discussion posted on Reddit, accompanied by a flurry of comments, is a good indication of the level of disappointment, suspicion and frustration among pharmacy graduates who've yet to qualify as pharmacists. - 11/3/2020
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Manitoba health minister questions motivation behind doctors' letter on COVID-19
The letter, signed by 200 medical doctors and scientists, said the pandemic is spiraling out of control in Manitoba because case numbers have been rising and outbreaks have been occurring at long-term care homes. - 11/2/2020
Canada approves first HIV self test in long awaited move to reduce screening barriers
The principal investigator of a study that was submitted to regulators as part of their review says the approval of HIV self-testing could "open incredible doors'' to increasing access to life-extending treatments and preventing the spread of infection in Canada. - 11/2/2020
Quebec invests $100 million in mental health care following fatal sword attack
Junior health minister Lionel Carmant called the investment "unprecedented'' and said the announcement was moved ahead in response to the Halloween night attack that killed two people and injured five. - 11/2/2020
Quebec to begin training pharmacy technicians
Quebec is planning to join the rest of its provincial counterparts in regulating pharmacy technicians, beginning by offering technician accreditation programs at several Colleges in the province. - 11/2/2020
Ketogenic medium chain triglyceride drink improves cognition in mild cognitive impairment
Already available in Europe, Nestlé aims to launch BrainXpert as a Natural Health Product in Canada in 2022. - 11/2/2020
Illeism or sillyism
Who would have thought that it might be good to talk about yourself in the third person? As if you weren’t you, but him? As if you weren’t actually there, and anyway, you didn’t want yourself to find out you were talking about him in case it seemed like, well, gossip? I mean, only royalty, or the personality-disordered, are able to talk like that without somebody phoning the police. - 11/2/2020
Researchers diagnose COVID-19 through AI-analyzed cough recordings
The researchers collected the COVID-19 cough recordings through a website between April and May 2020, analyzing more than 70,000 recordings from 5,320 subjects.