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- 2/9/2023
Father, what happened to soul?
Dr. Adam Chen takes a playful look at the striking similarities between priests and family doctors these days. - 2/9/2023
Organs in exchange for freedom? Bill raises ethical concerns
A proposal to let Massachusetts prisoners donate organs and bone marrow to shave time off their sentence is raising profound ethical and legal questions about putting undue pressure on inmates desperate for freedom. - 2/9/2023
B.C. First Nation declares emergency over drug and alcohol crisis
A statement from the Ehattesaht First Nation says six young people have died from drug overdoses in the small village over the past few months. - 2/9/2023
Want a happy marriage as a doctor? It's all about protecting each other's peace
Being a doctor is one of the most stressful jobs in the world because we look after people, the most important things in the world. So we have to set up systems to ensure our marriages survive and thrive. Here's my core advice after nearly five decades of happy marriage. - 2/9/2023
COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy helps protect newborns, Canadian study suggests
A booster shot during pregnancy bolstered protection against the Omicron variant in particular, said the study authors from the Canadian Immunization Research Network. - 2/9/2023
Quebec reports steep rise in organ donations after medical aid in dying legalized
The organization says that about 15% of all donors in the past year had received MAID, adding that the vast majority of them—about 85%—had been diagnosed with neurodegenerative or neurological disease. - 2/8/2023
Doctors without protection
A colleague being attacked on social media. Dr. Jabir Jassam wonders if there is not more we can do to defend ourselves? - 2/8/2023
Cuts to telehealth in Ontario mean fewer trans and non-binary people will have access to life-saving healthcare
Amid a crumbling healthcare system and rising transphobia, trans and non-binary people in Ontario are facing a new challenge: reduced access to gender-affirming care. - 2/8/2023
Doctors, nurses say healthcare funds should address staffing shortages, primary care
Linda Silas, president of the 200,000-member Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions, said funding must be used to ease critical shortages across hospitals and nursing homes in order to have any real impact. - 2/8/2023
Single injection drug looks promising for early stages of COVID-19: study
Those who received peginterferon lambda within three days had an 89% reduction in risk of hospitalization.