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- 10/25/2020
Alberta nurses, aides and other healthcare workers walk out to protest job cuts
Guy Smith, president of the Alberta Union Provincial Employees told the paper the walk-off was a spontaneous and grassroots effort. - 10/25/2020
Mobile health unit brings combo of traditional medicine and Indigenous healing practices to vulnerable communities
The nurses, doctors and social workers involved in the mobile unit travel the city, jumping between homeless encampments and other areas to treat anyone in need of medical attention. - 10/24/2020
Vertical chivalry: Little kids and bigger threats
When Northern Ontario moved into stage two in June, our spas and salons suddenly got inundated with calls from 416 and 613 area codes. People desperate enough to blow 800 km worth of gas into our atmosphere to get their toenails painted. All of these tiny microaggressions toward the future citizens of the planet; all so encased in the fabric of our hyperconsumeristic culture that we don't see them as part of a far greater health threat than COVID-19. - 10/23/2020
QUIZ: Test your HPV vaccine IQ
- 10/22/2020
UofA doctor develops app to help FPs better treat adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities
Dr. Sue emphasized the importance of clear communication when caring for patients with developmental disorders. He recommended using short phrases and straightforward language. - 10/22/2020
Milestone for Nova Scotia's first all-women transplant surgery team
Dr. Hiebert stressed the need to normalize women working in surgery, which is why she gifted her nieces with two surgical dolls to play with. - 10/22/2020
Hundreds fewer detained over mental health crises with Peel's new rapid response teams
Peel's new Mobile Crisis Rapid Response Teams (MCRRT), which pair officers with mental health clinicians, have apprehended and taken to hospital just 22 per cent of the people in crisis they responded to between the teams' introduction in January and Oct. 1, according to new numbers released by Peel police. - 10/22/2020
Medical cannabis users still feel stigma in the medical system
The survey of 1,000 Canadians found they most commonly use medical cannabis for anxiety disorder, depression, and insomnia. - 10/22/2020
76% of patients hospitalized with COVID-19 have symptoms months later: study
Apart from symptoms, the research found 88% of patients studied had lung abnormalities.