Updated Canadian guidelines for prevention of episodic and chronic migraine

Canadian Headache Society updates the migraine prevention guidelines, incorporating newer therapies and adding guidance on preventing chronic migraine.

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Health Policy News

Ottawa names experts to advise on creation of national pharmacare program

The bill became law on Oct. 10, and allows the federal government to sign agreements with the provinces and territories to begin providing free access to contraceptives and diabetes medication.

Discussions

Bureaucratic stupidity in COVID vaccine clinic case will have far reaching consequences

Dr. Sohail Gandhi on the Ontario Health Insurance Plan demanding that a Kingston, Ont. physician pay back $600,000 for running a COVID vaccination clinic.

Respirology

Could first-generation antihistamines be triggering seizures in young children?

A new study from Korea may pose more questions than it answers.

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