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- 11/20/2019
New drug based on fish oil may help high-risk heart patients, study finds
A new drug containing an omega-3 fatty acid found in fish oil may help one in four high-risk patients avoid heart attacks and strokes, according to a real-world study conducted by researchers at ICES, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre (PMCC). - 11/20/2019
Money mindfulness: 7 things I wish I'd known when I started out
If we are mindful from the start about personal finance we can avoid the common pitfalls - 11/19/2019
Inequity aversion, relativity, and envy
Life is unfair, but fee for service is the closest thing to fair that still encourages productivity for patients—no matter what the monkey does. - 11/19/2019
Physician gets 17-month suspension for having sex with patient in the clinic
This penalty was handed down despite the fact that the mandatory minimum suspension for similar offences was upped to five years in 2017 - 11/19/2019
Ontario analysis shows opioid-dispensing trends in community pharmacies
Despite growing awareness of high-risk dispensing practices for opioids, a newly released data analysis from the Ontario College of Pharmacists (OCP) shows only slight improvements in opioid dispensing patterns across the province. - 11/19/2019
Diabetes Canada recommends choosing lower glycemic index (GI) foods and drinks
Selecting lower GI foods and drinks more often will help control blood glucose in patients with type 1, type 2 or prediabetes