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- 6/17/2019
Digital dermatology and pharmacogenetics programs the first to be funded by Canada's 'supercluster'
The Digital Technology Supercluster is an initiative that brings post-secondary institutions and industry together for massive data projects - 6/17/2019
Companies and governments are paying people to get healthy, and it works
New research shows that if you pay people for achievable increases in their daily physical activity, they will continue to be more active for months after the rewards are withdrawn - 6/17/2019
What influences critical care doctors in withdrawing life support for patients with severe brain injury?
Decisions to withdraw life support treatments in critically ill patients with severe brain injury are complicated, are based on many factors, and are usually made by critical care physicians and families in the intensive care unit. - 6/16/2019
Low levels of THC in marijuana don't increase crashes: study
A toxicologist and ER physician said blood samples taken over six years at seven trauma centres were used to measure THC and other recreational drugs - 6/16/2019
Northern Alberta pharmacists finding a way to meet patient needs during wildfire crisis
Two of three out-of-control fires that threatened northern Alberta towns continue to burn - 6/16/2019
Women in leadership and big business interests top issues at 2019 PxP conference
Pre-conference Women in Pharmacy Leadership forum a highlight of four-day educational event. - 6/16/2019
Opioid related death count up to more than 11,500 nationally: government data
The federal government has faced pressure from health advocates to decriminalize simple possession of small quantities of opioids - 6/16/2019
An updated vision for family medicine
The Patient’s Medical Home concept was first introduced to me by one of my favourite professors during medical school. “This is the future of family medicine!” he enthused during a lecture, holding up the CFPC’s 2011 release of A Vision for Canada: Family Practice – The Patient’s Medical Home. As a keen medical student who wanted to be part of whatever “the future” was, I checked out the release. - 6/16/2019
NDP promise to expand universal healthcare, starting with national drug plan
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said if his party forms government after the October federal election, it will inject $10 billion annually into a national pharmacare program