Best Practices

Few rehab centers for addicted teens offer recommended medicine, U.S. study finds
Posing as an aunt or uncle seeking help for a fictitious 16-year-old who survived a fentanyl overdose, researchers called U.S. rehabs and asked if they offered the treatment medication buprenorphine.
England’s health service says it won’t give puberty blockers to children at gender clinics
Children can still be given puberty blockers in exceptional circumstances, the NHS said, and a clinical study on their impact on kids is due to start by next year.

Thought chocolate: Flavanols from cocoa help age-related memory loss

Low levels may adversely affect hippocampal function and memory.
Metformin shown to reduce incidence of long-COVID

Study described as “profound and potentially landmark.”
Can a simple therapy shining a red light into kids eyes help stave off myopia?

RCT shows low-level red-light reduces myopia occurrence in children.
Canadian FPs aren't getting as much out of EMRs as their international peers

A survey looking at primary care in Canada and nine other developed countries found FPs here aren't in step with their international counterparts.
A ‘game-changing moment’: using real-world evidence to approve drugs

Real-world evidence is becoming increasingly important. New guidance from Health Canada and the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health shares how it can be best used.
Hormone patches or creams for menopause symptoms may have lower blood pressure risk than pills

Canadian researchers wondered if the way hormones are absorbed—orally, vaginally or through the skin—could play a role.
Biosimilars are equivalent to reference biologics in rheumatoid arthritis

Systematic review and meta-analysis finds that patients using biosimilars have equivalent clinical responses and functional capacity compared with those using reference biologic drugs.
Nova Scotia college endorses framework that would regulate doctors who don't commit to cultural humility

Recommendations in the framework include recognizing Indigenous-specific racism as professional misconduct.

Few rehab centers for addicted teens offer recommended medicine, U.S. study finds

England’s health service says it won’t give puberty blockers to children at gender clinics

Thought chocolate: Flavanols from cocoa help age-related memory loss

Metformin shown to reduce incidence of long-COVID

Can a simple therapy shining a red light into kids eyes help stave off myopia?

Canadian FPs aren't getting as much out of EMRs as their international peers

A ‘game-changing moment’: using real-world evidence to approve drugs

Hormone patches or creams for menopause symptoms may have lower blood pressure risk than pills

Biosimilars are equivalent to reference biologics in rheumatoid arthritis

Nova Scotia college endorses framework that would regulate doctors who don't commit to cultural humility