Best Practices

What ‘training to failure’ means and how to incorporate it into your workout
No pain, no gain, as the old exercise adage goes. But just how much pain do you have to endure to benefit from weight training?
Safety of simultaneous administration of adjuvanted zoster vaccine and adjuvanted flu vaccine
Study compares the safety and reactogenicity of simultaneous doses of Shingrix and Fluad versus simultaneous doses of Shingrix and Fluzone High-Dose Quadrivalent.

Combination of pembrolizumab and enfortumab vedotin approved for the treatment of bladder cancer

Combination of antibody-drug conjugate and immunotherapy demonstrates better benefit-risk ratio than existing therapies for advanced bladder cancer.
University of Alberta researchers set to deploy AI scribes to 3 ER departments as part of 2-year pilot

Researchers will measure cost-effectiveness and outcomes of the new technology aimed to tackle administrative burdens.
Cabtreo gel is the first topical triple-therapy combination product for acne

The three ingredients—clindamycin, adapalene and benzoyl peroxide—have complementary mechanisms of action targeting the pathology of acne vulgaris.
Canadian medical schools hold steady in international rankings: Times Higher Education

Times Higher Education places top Canadian universities in similar spots as last year for education in medicine or dentistry.
Which women are more likely to avoid re-screening mammographies?

‘It is important for physicians to carefully explain false-positive results to their patients, reassure them that the result was negative, and stress the importance of continued screening.’
Who is most likely to experience harm in a Canadian hospital setting?

Mackenzie Health’s ‘zero harm’ plan appears to have dramatically reduced several problems.
2024-25 Flu vaccine may be less effective than 2023-24 vaccine, but still expected to significantly reduce hospitalization risk

U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) makes prediction on vaccine effectiveness based on reports of how well the vaccine is working in five South American countries.
Top medical schools keep their spots in new Maclean’s educational ranking

Two universities tied for seventh in the new 2025 rankings.

What ‘training to failure’ means and how to incorporate it into your workout

Safety of simultaneous administration of adjuvanted zoster vaccine and adjuvanted flu vaccine

Combination of pembrolizumab and enfortumab vedotin approved for the treatment of bladder cancer

University of Alberta researchers set to deploy AI scribes to 3 ER departments as part of 2-year pilot

Cabtreo gel is the first topical triple-therapy combination product for acne

Canadian medical schools hold steady in international rankings: Times Higher Education

Which women are more likely to avoid re-screening mammographies?

Who is most likely to experience harm in a Canadian hospital setting?

2024-25 Flu vaccine may be less effective than 2023-24 vaccine, but still expected to significantly reduce hospitalization risk

Top medical schools keep their spots in new Maclean’s educational ranking