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Consumer Attitudes & Behavior

Breast cancer: a smart bra to revolutionize screening and monitoring
Two Quebec researchers are working on the design of a smart bra that could facilitate detection and monitoring of breast cancer, while patients are in the comfort of their homes.
'Increasingly uncomfortable' Dr. David Fisman quits Ontario's pandemic science advisory table
Over the weekend, Dr. Fisman also alleged on Twitter that the science table was sitting on "important modelling work that projects a grim fall.''

Premature babies are prone to impaired brain development, but nutrients may reduce the risk
Most Canadians in favour of vaccine passports for non essential activities: poll
Better but still worse? Canada has lower COVID-19 infections among health workers but still has higher rates than peer countries

Personal support workers are at higher risk of contracting the virus compared to physicians, according to the Canadian Institute for Health Information.
Syphilis cases in Alberta reaching 'horrifying' levels

The 2020 numbers represent the highest case count in 70 years.
Public health campaigns can be ruined by the personal conduct of politicians
Researchers studying how hospital wait times can be improved by patient-facing website
Mixed messages for travellers cause confusion

While rules around mixed dosing are slowly being made more consistent, healthcare professionals should continue to reassure patients that they did the right thing by becoming fully-vaccinated.
Nudging patients with texts improves vaccine uptake

A short text reminder may be all it takes to get patients to book their COVID-19 vaccines, show results of a large study.

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