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Poll: Should poverty be treated as a health condition?
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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.

The bride wore white (ish): Doctors get married in scrubs on lunch hour

Packed schedules didn't prevent these two from tying the knot at Toronto City Hall ahead of a bigger wedding reception.
‘A well-deserved trust’: Quebec pharmacists unanimous on Bill 67

Among the flagship measures tabled in Bill 67 is the power granted to pharmacists to do more tests and to prescribe and renew prescriptions indefinitely.
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.
How Denmark provides all citizens primary care access

Toronto’s Dr. Tara Kiran recently did a nine-day tour to look at how the Nordic nation does it. Part 1 of 4.
Your AI therapist is not your therapist: The dangers of relying on AI mental health chatbots

Users of AI-powered chatbots for mental health may overestimate the therapeutic benefits and underestimate the limitations of using such technologies, further deteriorating their mental health.
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.
Quebec town’s bylaw requires kids to collect signatures to play in the street

The bylaw, intended to increase safety, has caused confusion and controversy among residents.

Poll: Should poverty be treated as a health condition?

Specialty medications: the AQPP requests class action suit against some of its members

The bride wore white (ish): Doctors get married in scrubs on lunch hour

‘A well-deserved trust’: Quebec pharmacists unanimous on Bill 67

How Denmark’s specialist referral system works

How Denmark provides all citizens primary care access

Your AI therapist is not your therapist: The dangers of relying on AI mental health chatbots

More than 400 patients moved into Ontario nursing homes they didn’t choose to go to

Celine Dion goes public with her private health struggles: What we’ve learned so far

Quebec town’s bylaw requires kids to collect signatures to play in the street