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- 12/13/2022
Nova Scotia surgical wait list currently at 22,600 patients, committee told
Although the new figure is down from 26,000 in May, deputy health minister Jeannine Lagasse told the committee that major improvement will take time. - 12/13/2022
'High risk' businesses in Ontario must have opioid antidote kits and training by June
Data from the province's coroner's office shows 2,819 people died from opioids in 2021. - 12/13/2022
DRUG QUIZ: Chronic heart failure
In a patient suffering from chronic heart failure, which drug may worsen the condition? - 12/13/2022
Help patients hear about your pharmacy services
At least once a week, whether I’m delivering a seminar, working one-on-one with a client, or just responding to email, I hear some variation of the following statement: “I don’t want to send my newsletter / publish my blog / promote my service / talk about what I do too loudly or too often. I don’t want to be pushy.” - 12/13/2022
Canada's chief science adviser releases recommendations to combat long COVID
The recommendations presented by Mona Nemer came from a task force that was established in July to respond to post-COVID-19 condition, or long-COVID. - 12/12/2022
Huge U.S. study starts sharing gene findings with volunteers
It's part of a massive project to unravel how people's genetics, environments and habits interact to determine their overall health. - 12/12/2022
9 steps to reboot your financial portfolio
A book review of Dan Bortolotti’s ‘Reboot your Portfolio’ on constructing a low-cost, low-maintenance, globally diversified ETF portfolio. - 12/12/2022
Trudeau says he's not willing to kick healthcare reform down the road any longer
Provincial premiers have called for a meeting with Trudeau for more than a year to discuss their demand that the federal government pay a larger share of healthcare costs. - 12/12/2022
'Supplies are tight': Canadian Blood Services concerned about current inventory
The organization set an ambitious goal in June of attracting 100,000 new donors to address its smallest donor base in a decade. - 12/12/2022
Newer docs have similar habits as older peers on patient interactions: study
Regardless of when they actually started practicing, primary care providers peak on patient volume around the same time. - 12/12/2022
'I get yelled at a lot': An overworked emergency department prepares for a new surge
One child recently spent 36 hours in the emergency department waiting for an inpatient bed. - 12/12/2022
Ukraine: Doctors from occupied city open hospital in Kyiv
A nurse wounded by a Russian sniper was spirited out wrapped in sheets. Another, sickened by the thought of working for the people who destroyed his home, sneaked out a side door and walked out through Mariupol's shattered streets.