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Pig kidney works in a donated body for over a month, a step toward animal human transplants
The latest experiment announced Wednesday by NYU Langone Health marks the longest a pig kidney has functioned in a person, albeit a deceased one—and it’s not over.
Pennsylvania study suggests links between fracking and asthma, lymphoma in children
Raina Rippel, former director of the Southwest Pennsylvania Environmental Health Project, called the findings the ‘tip of the toxic iceberg and we are only just beginning to understand what is out there’

Newfoundland hospitals grapple with patients admitted because they have nowhere to go

The woman in the corner of the emergency room still haunts Dr. Gerard Farrell, president of the Newfoundland and Labrador Medical Association.
Montreal researchers join international study of rare disease Friedreich’s ataxia

Dr. Massimo Pandolfo of the Montreal Neurological Institute is among the experts collecting research about Friedreich’s ataxia, a condition that causes progressive mobility limitations as well as other issues, including cardiac problems.
Free contraception across the nation? Doctor leads push for federal policy on birth control coverage

Every dollar invested in free contraception can save up to $9 in managing unwanted pregnancies, said Calgary physician Dr. Rupinder Toor. So why is Canada the only country with universal healthcare that doesn't offer universal birth control coverage?
COVID-19 activity showing early signs that it may be increasing, new PHAC data says

McMaster University immunologist Dawn Bowdish says the XBB family, an offshoot of Omicron, is dominant in Canada right now.
Medical memology: Does Selena Gomez remind you of any of your colleagues?

The entire internet seems suddenly obsessed with a new cozy picture of singer Selena Gomez.
Manitoba docs ratify new agreement, some issues ‘not fully addressed’ says Doctors Manitoba president

The new agreement features new funding to the tune of 268 million to be divvied out over the next four years.
How many primary care prescriptions are never filled?

A new study published in the CMAJ investigated primary nonadherence to these medications to try and uncover the rates and reasons behind it.
Quebecers no longer seeing doctor assisted deaths as exceptional, says oversight body

Quebec is on track to finish the year with 7% of all deaths recorded as doctor-assisted.

Pig kidney works in a donated body for over a month, a step toward animal human transplants

Pennsylvania study suggests links between fracking and asthma, lymphoma in children

Newfoundland hospitals grapple with patients admitted because they have nowhere to go

Montreal researchers join international study of rare disease Friedreich’s ataxia

Free contraception across the nation? Doctor leads push for federal policy on birth control coverage

COVID-19 activity showing early signs that it may be increasing, new PHAC data says

Medical memology: Does Selena Gomez remind you of any of your colleagues?

Manitoba docs ratify new agreement, some issues ‘not fully addressed’ says Doctors Manitoba president

How many primary care prescriptions are never filled?

Quebecers no longer seeing doctor assisted deaths as exceptional, says oversight body

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