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CPSA reacts to Danielle Smith’s plan to limit regulators’ ability to ‘control personal opinions’
In a video posted to social media on Wednesday, the premier outlined plans to bring legislation next year to ‘ensure that professional regulatory bodies are limited to regulating their members professional competence and conduct and not their speech.’
Canadian Paediatric Society says doctors should regularly screen kids for reading difficulties
New guidance issued Wednesday says family doctors, nurses, pediatricians and other medical professionals who care for school-aged kids are in a unique position to help struggling readers access educational and specialty supports.

Are you prepared to answer questions about Listeria?

News reports of Listeria outbreaks and Listeria-related product recalls are drawing greater attention to this foodborne bacterial illness.
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder causes debilitating periods. Here’s what we know about how to treat it.

Treatment could fall under the purview of general physicians, mental health experts or gynecologists.
Targeting menstrual pain: fewer soft drinks, more coffee

Analysis of the dietary habits of young women revealed that the risk of dysmenorrhea was 24% higher among soft drink consumers.
A ‘revolutionary’ new painless IUD comes to market

The Yanae intra-uterine device, developed in France and distributed by the young Canadian pharmaceutical company 49Care, incorporates a flexible inserter for pain-free insertion.
Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists looking for volunteer rep to CCAPP

The appointment will last a minimum three-year term and act as a means of communication between the society and Canadian Council for Accreditation of Pharmacy Programs.
Non-hormonal drugs show promise for moderate to severe menopause symptoms

Treatments that tackle vasomotor symptoms like hot flushes head-on, without hormones, are increasingly coming onto the market.
‘Alarming’: Report says Canadian homes show higher levels, exposure to radon gas

The report, released Wednesday, is the first update on radon exposure in Canada since 2012.
B.C. breaks vaccination records, with 82,000 COVID-19 and flu shots in one day

Record numbers of people in British Columbia have received updated vaccinations against COVID-19 and flu, as the province ramps up its immunization campaign for respiratory illness season.

CPSA reacts to Danielle Smith’s plan to limit regulators’ ability to ‘control personal opinions’

Canadian Paediatric Society says doctors should regularly screen kids for reading difficulties

Are you prepared to answer questions about Listeria?

Premenstrual dysphoric disorder causes debilitating periods. Here’s what we know about how to treat it.

Targeting menstrual pain: fewer soft drinks, more coffee

A ‘revolutionary’ new painless IUD comes to market

Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists looking for volunteer rep to CCAPP

Non-hormonal drugs show promise for moderate to severe menopause symptoms

‘Alarming’: Report says Canadian homes show higher levels, exposure to radon gas

B.C. breaks vaccination records, with 82,000 COVID-19 and flu shots in one day