ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 8/30/2020
Cut B.C. health regulatory colleges to six to improve public protection: report
A report recommends reducing the number of regulatory colleges governing health professionals in British Columbia from 20 to six to improve public protection and implementing a new oversight body that oversees them. - 8/30/2020
US FDA removes boxed warning about risk of leg/foot amputations with canagliflozin
Healthcare professionals and patients should continue to monitor for new pain, tenderness, sores, ulcers and infections in the legs and feet - 8/30/2020
BC pharmacist fined and suspended for selling stolen drugs
A pharmacist in Salmon Arm, BC is suspended for a year and fined $25,000 for reselling stolen prescription drugs and pharmacy supplies. - 8/30/2020
Closing the gender pay gap in medicine: an action plan
Closing the gender pay gap in medicine in Canada requires a multipronged approach to overcome systemic bias, including payment and hiring transparency, changes to medical education, better parental leave and more, as outlined in an analysis article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). - 8/30/2020
Genetic mutations may be linked to infertility, early menopause
Gene in fruit flies, worms, zebrafish, mice and people may help explain some fertility issues - 8/29/2020
Gender pay gap: a way to fix it?
- 8/29/2020
How COVID-19 is accelerating innovation in virtual care and what it means for doctors
To be useful, new tools need to integrate with existing EMR