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• 1/5/2023

  Alberta rolls out program aimed at cutting wait times for specialists

  The province's Facilitated Access to Specialized Treatment program is intended to streamline the referral process for physicians and help patients see a specialist sooner.
• 1/5/2023

  B.C. boosts coverage of four drugs, including diabetes med in Hollywood weight fad

  Adrian Dix says the drug sold under the brand name Ozempic will become available to more patients in B.C. with Type 2 diabetes, although the expansion falls short of regular benefit coverage.
• 1/5/2023

  Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto says most systems back after ransomware attack

  On Saturday, LockBit, a ransomware group the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has called one of the world's most active and destructive, issued a brief apology and offered SickKids a free decryptor to unlock its data.
• 1/5/2023

  POLL: Would you encourage your kids to become doctors?

  With the benefit of hindsight and experience, would you encourage your own kids (or other young people in your life) to become doctors? 
• 1/5/2023

  Kids prescribed antibiotics but not fed breast milk at triple risk of asthma: study

  Researchers said they identified the breast milk sugars that offer better protection, which could potentially be used to supplement formula for infants.
• 1/5/2023

  PEI's lack of allergist causing complications for Islanders

  As the only Canadian province without an allergist, Islanders like Montague's Meike Noonan was told to wait until she experienced severe allergic reactions before she can see a specialist.
• 1/5/2023

  QUIZ: Have you got your frostbite facts down cold?

  It’s c-c-cold out there! Warm your brain with a few questions on one of the True North’s many winter risks—frostbite—and the latest made-in-Canada treatment protocol.
• 1/4/2023

  Canadian scientists watching for new COVID variants in airplane wastewater

  As of Wednesday, the agency was aware of 21 cases of XBB.1.5 in Canada and said it is “currently considered to be only detected sporadically,'' it said in an email.
• 1/4/2023

  Looking forward into the past: Lessons for the future of Medicare on its 60th anniversary

  It is the 60th anniversary of Medicare, but no one seems to care. It is, after all, hard to be enthusiastic about a system in crisis.
• 1/4/2023

  Ransomware attacks on U.S. healthcare systems grow in frequency and sophistication

  Disruptions during ransomware attacks affect care delivery, jeopardize information integrity, and may threaten patient safety and outcomes.