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More than 100 healthcare professionals challenge rejection of psilocybin access
In 2020, Health Canada started granting exemptions under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Actto provide psychedelics treatment to patients suffering from end-of-life psychological distress, treatment-resistant depression and major depressive disorder.
Ukrainian migrants face hurdles in accessing primary care, say health experts
A new analysis published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal today suggests that Canada's special visa program for Ukrainians escaping war may help streamline the immigration process, but could also create gaps in access to medical care.

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Over-the-counter birth control? Drugmaker seeks U.S. FDA approval

HRA Pharma's application on Monday sets up a high-stakes decision for health regulators amid legal and political battles over women's reproductive health.
Canadian government looking into potential legal risks of providing abortions to U.S. patients

A Health Canada spokeswoman says the government is examining the issue in response to concerns raised by the Canadian Medical Protective Association.
When the peer reviewer calls, encore

Two decades after his first practice audit, Dr. George Burden was concerned this time wouldn’t go quite as well.
A new urban Indigenous health centre is the first of its kind in Nova Scotia

The centre will open with three doctors working part time alongside a full-time nurse practitioner and a family practice nurse, and Dr. Young says recruitment is ongoing to add a fourth physician.
Medical orgs sound alarm over reports U.S. patients can't get Methotrexate for arthritis, lupus, cancer

Restrictions, fears of use arise as fallout from recent Roe v. Wade decision
Quebec nurse gets job back after abrupt 2021 firing over Atikamekw patient treatment
Public healthcare system on 'brink of disaster,' Canadian nurses federation says

The federation says its proposals focus on retaining nurses, encouraging them to return to the profession and the public healthcare system, and new measures to recruit and train the next generation.

More than 100 healthcare professionals challenge rejection of psilocybin access

Ukrainian migrants face hurdles in accessing primary care, say health experts

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Over-the-counter birth control? Drugmaker seeks U.S. FDA approval

Canadian government looking into potential legal risks of providing abortions to U.S. patients

When the peer reviewer calls, encore

A new urban Indigenous health centre is the first of its kind in Nova Scotia

Medical orgs sound alarm over reports U.S. patients can't get Methotrexate for arthritis, lupus, cancer

Quebec nurse gets job back after abrupt 2021 firing over Atikamekw patient treatment

Public healthcare system on 'brink of disaster,' Canadian nurses federation says