Guidelines

Alberta government report on safe consumption ‘pseudoscience,’ says medical journal
It says the United Conservative-commissioned report is biased in three major ways, all of which distort its findings against such sites.
No nicknames! College reminds docs to use legal name to avoid confusion
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba noted several typical scenarios where use of anything other than a doctor's legal name can gum up the works.

Ontario registered nurses soon able to prescribe birth control, travel medication

Health Minister Sylvia Jones says expanding registered nurses’ scope of practice gives people in Ontario more convenient access to care and will reduce wait times at community clinics and hospitals.
Is faster-acting insulin aspart as safe as insulin aspart in pregnancy?

Study finds outcomes between the two are similar.
Minor ailments schemes are working all over the world: FIP

Pharmacist-led common ailments schemes are effective in many countries around the globe, a new report from the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) says.
Once-weekly Mounjaro now available in Canada for treatment of type 2 diabetes

Tirzepatide, the first “twincretin,” reduces A1C and body weight in adults with type 2 diabetes.
A PCR test to clarify the prognosis of prostate cancer

Montreal researchers identify genetic biomarkers that could make it possible to better target treatment.
CFPC pauses implementation of family medicine residency extension

The college released a statement on Friday evening.
Canadian antiplatelet guidelines update: changes include no ASA for routine primary prevention of cardiac disease

Other changes include recommendations for de-escalation of dual antiplatelet therapy in select patients and dual antiplatelet therapy post-CABG.
What to know about P.E.I.’s biosimilar switching program

The province is the eleventh Canadian jurisdiction to implement a biosimilar switching program; only Manitoba and Nunavut don’t have one.

Alberta government report on safe consumption ‘pseudoscience,’ says medical journal

No nicknames! College reminds docs to use legal name to avoid confusion

Ontario registered nurses soon able to prescribe birth control, travel medication

Is faster-acting insulin aspart as safe as insulin aspart in pregnancy?

Minor ailments schemes are working all over the world: FIP

Once-weekly Mounjaro now available in Canada for treatment of type 2 diabetes

A PCR test to clarify the prognosis of prostate cancer

CFPC pauses implementation of family medicine residency extension

Canadian antiplatelet guidelines update: changes include no ASA for routine primary prevention of cardiac disease

What to know about P.E.I.’s biosimilar switching program