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Poll: Should poverty be treated as a health condition?

See what your colleagues say. Take our weekly doctor poll.
Specialty medications: the AQPP requests class action suit against some of its members

In its appeal, the AQPP denounces an ‘opaque ecosystem for the distribution of specialty drugs’ which would harm the financial health of community pharmacies and patient safety.
How Denmark’s specialist referral system works

In Denmark, GPs make general referrals to a central database and patients book their own specialist appointments, Dr. Tara Kiran found on a fact-finding trip. Part 3 of 4.
More than 400 patients moved into Ontario nursing homes they didn’t choose to go to

New Ontario law allows hospitals to charge $400 daily if they refuse.
Celine Dion goes public with her private health struggles: What we’ve learned so far

The singer revealed that she took near-lethal doses of Valium to manage her symptoms before her diagnosis.
A refresher on colon health

Getting into the guts of what's normal, what's a red flag and which beverages are the most tolerable options when prepping for a colonoscopy.
Escape plans to save your clinical day

Here’s more advice to earlier career colleagues from Dr. Eric Cadesky.
Understanding the interplay of menopausal hormone therapy and dementia

For women under the age of 65 years, especially those under the age of 55 years, there appears to be no increased risk of dementia with MHT.

B.C.’s first health centre catering to francophone community to open in the fall