Patient Compliance

Female physicians impossible to find for Lethbridge residents
According to the College of Physicians & Surgeons of Alberta physician directory, there are 141 active family doctors in Lethbridge. Of that 141, only 56 of the search results are female.
Sign this and lie for me: Doctor who took patient to a concert tried to push friend to provide false alibi
Dr. Raymond David Stein also grabbed the patient's waist and thigh during a Beatles tribute concert while he appeared to be sleeping, according to the Ontario Physicians and Surgeons Discipline Tribunal.

I don’t know how we can survive

Dr. Jabir Jassam uses an allegory to talk about the finance challenges facing doctors’ offices.
Acetylcysteine infusion overdoses lead to multiple deaths

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada has found key similarities in all cases that led to the overdoses.
Will updated COVID vaccines work against latest variant? Canadian scientists monitor global research

Canada’s first known case ofthe Omicron variantBA.2.86 was detected this week in British Columbia as the country became the seventh in the world to report its presence.
Doctors urge parents to ensure kids vaccines up to date as they head back to school

Public health agencies across the country have been running vaccine catch-up programs.
Arexvy: first RSV vaccine for older adults expected to be available this fall

The vaccine is used to prevent lower respiratory tract disease caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in adults 60 years of age or older.
Infant antibiotics use and disrupted gut microbiome linked to childhood allergies, asthma and eczema, researchers say

The risk of developing at least one of the major allergies more than doubled by age five for kids who had been prescribed antibiotics before their first birthday.
Not so static after all: Static electricity allows ticks to travel to hosts

They don't jump and they can't fly, but nature (unfortunately in this case) finds a way.
New agent lowers Lp(a) levels

While the Canadian Cardiovascular Society’s lipid guidelines recommend a once in a lifetime testing of Lp(a), there are no approved agents for lowering Lp(a) levels.

Female physicians impossible to find for Lethbridge residents

Sign this and lie for me: Doctor who took patient to a concert tried to push friend to provide false alibi

I don’t know how we can survive

Acetylcysteine infusion overdoses lead to multiple deaths

Will updated COVID vaccines work against latest variant? Canadian scientists monitor global research

Doctors urge parents to ensure kids vaccines up to date as they head back to school

Arexvy: first RSV vaccine for older adults expected to be available this fall

Infant antibiotics use and disrupted gut microbiome linked to childhood allergies, asthma and eczema, researchers say

Not so static after all: Static electricity allows ticks to travel to hosts

New agent lowers Lp(a) levels