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- 9/17/2023
Aging with a healthy brain: How lifestyle changes could help prevent up to 40% of dementia cases
A 65-year-old woman repeatedly seeks medical help for her failing memory. She is first told it’s nothing to worry about, then, a year later, that it’s “just normal aging.” Until finally, the penny drops: “It’s Alzheimer’s. There is no cure.” - 9/15/2023
5 Tips: Educating patients and managing risk factors to prevent stroke
Nine in 10 Canadians have at least one risk factor for stroke or cardiovascular disease—many of which are modifiable. - 9/14/2023
QUIZ: Polycystic ovary syndrome
PCOS: 10%-to-13% of women suffer from it worldwide. Do you know your stuff? - 9/14/2023
Health Canada to review U.S. panel’s conclusion that common decongestant doesn’t work
The U.S. FDA must still decide whether to revoke the over-the-counter designation for medications containing phenylephrine, meaning they may need to be removed from store shelves. - 9/14/2023
Health professionals, patients challenging rejection to use psilocybin in training
Health Canada turned down the request last month to allow health workers to access and consume psilocybin. - 9/14/2023
Smith announces funds for families affected by E. Coli outbreak at Calgary daycares
The Alberta government will immediately provide families $2,000 for each child affected by an E. coli outbreak related to several Calgary daycares, Premier Danielle Smith said Friday. - 9/14/2023
Dear OMA board member . . . about that mandate for negotiations
Other provinces are coming up with loads of ad-ons and extras to make the deal for their doctors sweeter—and Ontario needs to step it up. - 9/14/2023
Fishing in the ER
Dr. Jabir Jassam realizes a colleague has a different attitude toward work-life balance during a fishing trip. - 9/14/2023
People with ‘extreme’ drug addiction should be forced into rehab: N.B. public safety minister
Public Safety Minister Kris Austin said the Progressive Conservative government had decided it needed to take sharper measures. - 9/14/2023
Psychedelic drug MDMA eases PTSD symptoms in a study that paves the way for possible U.S. approval
The company sponsoring the research said it plans later this year to seek U.S. approval to market the drug, also known as ecstasy, as a PTSD treatment when combined with talk therapy.