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- 11/1/2022
TikTok takes “Googling your health condition” to a whole new level
For over a decade, we have all told our patients to please stop using Google to self-diagnose and/or research their health conditions. Google is old news though: There is a new platform that is rapidly gaining viewership that you need to be aware of. - 11/1/2022
Tuneup time for your pharmacy
Pharmacies should be fine-tuning their operations regularly. In truth, it's not always possible to find the time or energy to keep things humming. Here are a few areas, though, that you should take the time to review: - 10/31/2022
Alberta NDP says B.C. doctor deal a wakeup call to Smith to knock off pseudo science
Rachel Notley says the pay deal shows the race is on for scarce talent in the health field and that the organizational chaos and anti-science bent of Smith's government is setting Alberta back. - 10/31/2022
Antibody treatment tested as new tool against malaria
Malaria killed more than 620,000 people in 2020 and sickened 241 million, mainly children under 5 in Africa. - 10/31/2022
Psoriasis drug reduces ‘bad fat’ in people with psoriasis
Several cardiometabolic markers also reduced. - 10/31/2022
Deciphering the food factor
The thought occurred to me the other day that I’m in danger of becoming a Red Queen—you know, needing to run faster and faster just to stay in the same spot. - 10/30/2022
New Montreal clinic will be part of Quebec network studying long COVID, Lyme disease
Hospital officials say they are hoping the clinic will respond to a growing need and ensure that those experiencing the illnesses get the best treatment possible. - 10/30/2022
Indiana drugstore worker held in 2017 killings of teen girls
Richard Matthew Allen, 50, was arrested Friday on two murder counts in the killings of Liberty German, 14, and Abigail Williams, 13, in a case that has haunted the Indiana city of about 3,000 people. - 10/30/2022
Ontario hospital temporarily closes emergency room due to COVID-19
Hospital president Todd Stepanuik says the situation is weighing heavily on the "exhausted'' emergency department workers. - 10/30/2022
B.C. offers doctors new pay model, including $135,000 raise, to target health crisis
One in five B.C. residents don't have a family doctor and the compensation model aims to recruit and retain more family doctors. - 10/30/2022
Why I resigned from the Government of Canada’s Expert Panel on Medical Assistance in Dying
I believe that the Expert Panel was over before it started. - 10/30/2022
Case report: False nails and a hand rash
An uncomfortable hand rash case at Dr. Robert Dickson's clinic reiterates the need to plan ahead when travelling.