Cultural Competence

'I stopped eating': Rise in eating disorders seen among Ontario youth during pandemic
In the last year, Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children said it has seen a 35% annual increase in admissions to its eating disorder program, while its inpatient psychiatry and adolescent medicine unit has been consistently at or over capacity.
Ontario health issue new COVID-19 recommendations as holiday plans clash with rising cases
The health units recommended that everyone should limit indoor social gatherings in private dwellings to no more than 10 people, and all attendees aged 12 and older should be vaccinated.

Saskatchewan privatizing some surgeries to reduce growing backlog from COVID-19

Health Minister Paul Merriman says the goal is to eliminate the backlog by achieving a three-month wait time by 2030.
Enter the magic land of physician LEADerShip

Simulation—so useful to teach a variety of clinical skills—can also be used to teach physician leadership.
Black women 3.5 times more likely than white to develop breast-cancer related lymphedema

Risks from treatments differ between racial backgrounds, according to findings presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
Quebec committee says Alzheimer's patients should get access to doctor assisted death

The current law, adopted in 2014, set out strict criteria that include informed consent of a patient until their death, meaning people who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's and could no longer provide informed consent do not have access.
How will the world decide when the pandemic is over?

There's no clear-cut definition for when a pandemic starts and ends, and how much of a threat a global outbreak is posing can vary by country.
Ford’s war on midwives threatens rural patients

Two healthcare students, one medical and one in midwifery say Ontario's government is neglecting the province's midwives and they key role they play in maintaining robust care in obstetrics, especially in rural settings.
Man arrested for threatening N.L. health minister about mask mandate

A release says the threats were related to provincial public health rules requiring everyone older than five to wear a mask in public indoor settings.
App allows Indigenous communities to collect their own health data

A new app encourages data sovereignty in Indigenous communities by allowing them to collect and own their own health and social data.

'I stopped eating': Rise in eating disorders seen among Ontario youth during pandemic

Ontario health issue new COVID-19 recommendations as holiday plans clash with rising cases

Saskatchewan privatizing some surgeries to reduce growing backlog from COVID-19

Enter the magic land of physician LEADerShip

Black women 3.5 times more likely than white to develop breast-cancer related lymphedema

Quebec committee says Alzheimer's patients should get access to doctor assisted death

How will the world decide when the pandemic is over?

Ford’s war on midwives threatens rural patients

Man arrested for threatening N.L. health minister about mask mandate

App allows Indigenous communities to collect their own health data