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- 9/11/2018
Drug ads leave you in the dark about safety risks
The failure of TV ads to explain the safety risks of over-the-counter drugs can leave people in the emergency department with liver damage or psychosis - 9/11/2018
ER tales: Let me rub this on you
A patient in agony, who only finds relief in hours-long baths, gets an unusual OTC treatment - 9/11/2018
Most people with epi-injectors don’t use them when they need them
Fewer than half of adults and children who experience food-induced anaphylaxis use their life-saving epinephrine autoinjector (EAI) before being treated at a hospital emergency room, according to researchers at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC). - 9/11/2018
Toronto-area hospitals must scrap policies forcing unvaccinated clinicians to wear masks: judge
The ruling found that there was inadequate evidence to support the policy - 9/10/2018
U of Calgary researchers propose new model for pricing 'orphan' drugs
Provinces must often make ad hoc decisions about which expensive drugs for rare diseases to cover, but some researchers argue that needs to change - 9/10/2018
West Nile virus activity increases in Toronto in recent weeks
Six new cases reported during the week of August 26 to September 1 - 9/10/2018
Saskatchewan college fields record number of complaints against doctors in 2017
Last year, the college of physicians and surgeons of Saskatchewan received 2,905 calls from concerned patients—a record high, up nearly 500 from the 2,408 they received in 2016.