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New national resource to support people living with chronic pain

Initiative to integrate pharmacists as key part of pain management platform.
Consensus reached on lab monitoring for patients taking isotretinoin for severe acne

International dermatologist acne experts establish a consensus for isotretinoin laboratory monitoring in otherwise healthy patients with severe acne.
A connection between breast cancer and diabetes

A new study explores how breast cancer cells inhibit insulin production.
U.S. pharmacies limit purchase amounts of emergency contraceptives

The limits on pills such as Plan B come amid a spike in demand after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the right to abortion.
State of affairs: Diabetes in Quebec between 2001 and 2019
Abortion tourism a concern in Canada, but out of reach for most Americans: advocates

The effort and expense involved in procuring a passport and travelling to Canada will likely be prohibitive for the marginalized Americans most affected by abortion bans.
Docs v. SCOTUS: What physicians of different specialties have to say about Roe v. Wade

Horrifying. Sad. 'Makes me sick.' Doctors and other healthcare professionals on both sides of the border tweet up and lash out at the U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
Mystery drug quiz: Which drug treats infertility?

These drugs all have rather similar names, but one of these things is not like the others.