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- 10/19/2020
Less is great
Forging a new relationship with money—a timeless lesson comes back because of COVID. - 10/19/2020
Parking garage flu-shot clinic ordered to shut down for Vancouver bylaw breach
The City of Vancouver, however, ordered the clinic to shut the operation down in 30 days because it didn't have the landlord's permission and wasn't allowed to be using that particular space. - 10/19/2020
Doctors Manitoba teaming up with province to enable COVID-19 testing at community clinics
Dakota Medical Centre in Winnipeg is set to be the first community clinic to offer the tests in the coming days. - 10/19/2020
London hospital narrowly avoids psychiatric residents' walkout over COVID-19 safety concerns
The residents called one workroom an occupational hazard wherein social distancing proved impossible. - 10/18/2020
A radical reimagining of abortion care and medical education
The regulatory environment in Canada, combined with the safety and effectiveness of medication abortion and the presence of strong, visible Canadian women leaders in medicine, creates an opportunity to further streamline abortion services and eventually move to a demedicalized model where mifepristone and misoprostol could be available directly from pharmacies. - 10/18/2020
White surgeon denies 'inside joke' involving noose was meant to target Black colleague
Under oath, he said that the South African government's restrictions on outside media caused him to be ignorant of the significance of a noose as symbol in North America to evoke lynching and thereby terrorize and intimidate Black people. - 10/18/2020
68% of deaths from firearms are from self-harm, majority in older men in rural regions
A new study of gun injuries and deaths in Ontario found that 68% of firearm-related deaths were from self-harm, and they most often occurred in older men living in rural regions, pointing to the need for targeted prevention efforts. The study is published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). - 10/18/2020
Patients 60+ seeking cannabis for numerous health issues
The study authors say more research is needed to better understand the efficacy and safety of different formulations of cannabis in treating common conditions in older adults, both to maximize benefit and minimize harm.