Guidelines

What is leucovorin, the drug the Trump administration says can treat autism?
New U.S. recommendations aim to discourage pregnant women from taking the painkiller paracetamol to prevent autism. They also advise using the drug leucovorin to treat speech-related difficulties that children with autism sometimes experience.
Alberta Premier Smith dismisses critics who say she’s misleading public on trans law
Doctors and medical associations say puberty blockers temporarily pause biological changes, which can be restarted once their use is discontinued.

New Brunswick health network apologizes for use of restraints at psychiatric facility

Sébastien Lagacé, associate vice-president of mental health and addiction at Vitalité Health Network, says the situation at the Restigouche Hospital Centre was not acceptable and officials are working with the ombudswoman to make changes.
Health Canada puts out advisory reassuring the public about acetaminophen

‘Health Canada currently maintains that there is no conclusive evidence that using acetaminophen as directed during pregnancy causes autism or other neurodevelopmental disorders.’
Heart failure: Optimizing therapy in community practice

Primary interventions and roles of community pharmacists for patients with HF include medication management, education and immunizations.
Upcoming free webinar on antimicrobial stewardship initiatives in different provinces

Panelists include Dr. Robert Strang and Dr. David Patrick.
Let's discuss: How do you talk to pregnant and hope-to-be pregnant patients about pain and fever relief?

A deluge of questions could be coming your way.
Dr. Trump? The president reprises his COVID era, this time sharing unproven medical advice on autism

Trump repeatedly implored pregnant women to avoid taking the painkiller Tylenol, the bestselling form of acetaminophen.
Finasteride and suicide ideation

Finasteride, a type 2 5-alpha-reductase inhibitor, is indicated for treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia and for androgenetic alopecia in men.
Mother searches for answers after public health says unsterile needles used at Ontario clinic

The public health unit recommended patients who received local anesthesia for stitches, IUD insertions, skin biopsies, removing lumps and joint injections in the time period identified get tested for blood-borne infections.

What is leucovorin, the drug the Trump administration says can treat autism?

Alberta Premier Smith dismisses critics who say she’s misleading public on trans law

New Brunswick health network apologizes for use of restraints at psychiatric facility

Health Canada puts out advisory reassuring the public about acetaminophen

Heart failure: Optimizing therapy in community practice

Upcoming free webinar on antimicrobial stewardship initiatives in different provinces

Let's discuss: How do you talk to pregnant and hope-to-be pregnant patients about pain and fever relief?

Dr. Trump? The president reprises his COVID era, this time sharing unproven medical advice on autism

Finasteride and suicide ideation

Mother searches for answers after public health says unsterile needles used at Ontario clinic