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- 7/7/2020
Is COVID-19 airborne? Experts say term is incorrect for describing transmission
A group of 239 scientists and physicians urging the World Health Organization to recognize the potential for airborne transmission of the novel coronavirus have sparked debate over how COVID-19 is spreading. But some Canadian infectious disease experts say not to get hung up on the term "airborne,'' and that the safety precautions we're already taking to slow the spread of the virus are working. - 7/7/2020
5 Tips: Recognizing and managing immune checkpoint inhibitor tox-ICI-ties
The Canadian cancer care landscape is changing, with the emergence of immunotherapy-based anticancer treatments that have demonstrated significant clinical benefit for many types of cancer. - 7/7/2020
Three patients dead as Edmonton hospital declares full COVID-19 outbreak
An outbreak at the Misericordia Community Hospital was first declared by Alberta's chief medical health officer two weeks ago, and restrictions were tightened as case numbers increased. - 7/6/2020
Driving culture change in medical education
One might think that helping out a junior resident in the operating room means teaching them an important skill or giving them an opportunity to take some extra time to work on aspects of a procedure that they’ve been trying to improve. However, this was not one of those moments. - 7/6/2020
New evidence supports prescribing statins for primary prevention of CVD in the elderly
New statin use lowers risk of all-cause and CV mortality in US veterans (75+ years) without atherosclerotic CVD at baseline - 7/6/2020
Parenting and marijuana