Close call: Saskatchewan patient nearly gets the wrong strength of their prescriptionThe Saskatchewan College of Pharmacy Professionals shared the incident on its website as a learning opportunity. The bookends of a medical careerReflecting: A doctor’s journey from initiation to culmination QUIZ: New guidelines for osteoporosis and fracture prevention Test your knowledge of these recently released 2023 Canadian guidelines from Osteoporosis Canada. Medical oncologist is CMA's new president-elect CMA members from New Brunswick elected who will serve as president from 2025-2026. Management of oral thrush Oral candidiasis is an opportunistic fungal infection of the oral mucosa. 1 in 9 Canadian adults have had long term symptoms from COVID infection, StatCan says Almost 80% of those people with long-term symptoms have them for six months or more, the report said. Breast cancer survivors may not need so many mammograms after surgery, U.K. study suggests Yearly screening is meant to monitor whether cancer has come back. All that testing causes anxiety for patients and costs money. Growing evidence that influenza vaccine protects against cardiovascular diseases Canadian healthcare providers should mention cardiovascular disease prevention as a benefit when promoting the usefulness of flu vaccines to the public. More risk of C. difficile in hospitalized patients taking antidepressants Given the increasingly widespread use of antidepressants, researchers believe more attention should be paid to the risks for hospitalized patients. Preoperative frailty assessments should be standard, anesthesiologist says Assessment tool for those 65+ informs care and results in better outcomes for patients—but they are not used nearly enough First Previous 196 197 198 199 200 Next Last
