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• 6/28/2023

  Educator and TV host Sue Johanson, who helped destigmatize the joy of sex, dead at 93

  With her wire-rim glasses and grandmotherly demeanour, Sue Johanson seemed an unlikely candidate to be Canadian TV’s foremost sex guru.
• 6/28/2023

  Problem solved: How do I get patients to pay for uninsured services?

  We asked doctors for their tips on coaxing patients into paying for uninsured services, especially those who insist they can’t afford it.
• 6/28/2023

  B.C. to launch website to book appointments with pharmacists to treat minor ailments

  Premier David Eby says the province will become the first in Canada to offer online booking for residents to visit pharmacists for treatment of minor ailments.
• 6/27/2023

  What does a psychiatrist do all day?

  A day in the life of Dr. Luc Gilbert of Drummondville, Que.
• 6/27/2023

  POLL: Should pharmacists be allowed into the injections-for-beauty business?

  During the pandemic and beyond, pharmacists in Canada pushed for broader scopes of practices and notably stepped up to administer hundreds of thousands of COVID vaccines. But what about other injectables?
• 6/26/2023

  Alberta NDP says Smith hid overdose data, demands transparency

  The latest provincial data released Monday shows 179 people died from drug poisoning in April, the highest number in a single month.
• 6/26/2023

  Anesthesia can cause disturbing sexual hallucinations, leading to lasting psychological trauma

  Better understanding of what triggers unpleasant or sexual dreams under anesthesia could help researchers figure out how to reduce the risk of hallucinations to keep patients and providers safe
• 6/26/2023

  Canada bans testing of cosmetic products on animals

  The ban will come into effect in December.
• 6/26/2023

  Opioid death rates tripled for Ontario teens, young adults since 2014, research shows

  Younger peer support workers could help, one doctor suggested.
• 6/26/2023

  New Zealand debates whether ethnicity should be a factor for surgery waitlists

  It turns out that in some parts of Auckland, the country’s largest city at 1.4 million people, clinicians have been using an algorithm to adjust where patients sit on elective surgery waitlists.