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- 4/27/2023
Nova Scotia mom wants policy change for organ, tissue donors after gay son's death
Even though his organs were too damaged to donate, a young Nova Scotia man with rare cancer sought to donate his tissues. But his ‘homosexual status’ on his medical records categorized him as a ‘high-risk’ donor. - 4/27/2023
Acetaminophen overdose is a leading cause of liver injury, but it is largely preventable
Larissa was a 21-year-old Canadian college student recovering from COVID-19 when she died from complications related to an accidental overdose of acetaminophen, a medication in probably every drug store and most medicine cabinets in the country. - 4/26/2023
Health minister denies interfering in arm's length drug price agency before committee
NDP health critic Don Davies is accusing the minister of halting the implementation of a new rule intended to lower the cost of drugs at the behest of drug companies that have resisted the change. - 4/26/2023
Whooping cough cases increase in southern Alberta outbreak
An outbreak was declared Jan. 26, but AHS says the number of cases has increased by 120 over the last week. - 4/26/2023
Powerful new obesity drug poised to upend weight loss care
As a growing number of overweight Americans clamor for Ozempic and Wegovy—drugs touted by celebrities and on TikTok to pare pounds—an even more powerful obesity medicine is poised to upend treatment. - 4/26/2023
First pill for fecal transplants wins U.S. FDA approval
The new treatment from Seres Therapeutics provides a simpler, rigorously tested version of stool-based procedures that some medical specialists have used for more than a decade to help patients. - 4/26/2023
Putting radiation to the test to heal irregular heartbeat
While it’s highly experimental, surprising early research suggests it may reprogram misfiring heart cells to control heartbeats more like younger, healthier cells do. - 4/26/2023
Why is being a patient a difficult pill to swallow?
While being treated for an aggressive hematologic cancer, the former Head of a Department of Medicine at a large teaching hospital told me he wished he could hang a sign on his headboard, reading P-I-P: Previously-Important-Person. - 4/26/2023
Telus Health, Medical Services Commission reach settlement over fee program: B.C. minister
A British Columbia company offering health services to patients who pay annual fees starting at $4,650 has agreed to modify its policies, averting a court challenge over public healthcare, says the province’s health minister. - 4/25/2023
Beyond 'bikini medicine': Women's heart health conference aims to raise awareness
Michelle Logeot refers to the biggest health scare of her life as 'the event,' the type she does not want other women to experience when doctors misdiagnose them or dismiss symptoms of a potentially deadly heart attack.