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- 6/14/2022
Trans kids' treatment can start younger, new guidelines say
Starting treatment earlier allows transgender teens to experience physical puberty changes around the same time as other teens, said Dr. Eli Coleman, chair of the group's standards of care and director of the University of Minnesota Medical School's human sexuality program. - 6/14/2022
What goes on behind your closed doors?
If yours is a larger pharmacy, you may very well offer public washrooms. While what goes on behind those closed doors may not be top of mind when providing healthcare services, you shouldn't turn your back on this important part of your pharmacy. - 6/13/2022
New drug price regulations could save Canada billions of dollars: PBO report
Health Canada first announced in 2019 that the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board would change how it sets a price cap on medicines in Canada in an effort to lower excessively expensive drug costs by changing the countries Canada compares prices with. - 6/13/2022
Stay overnight
Instinct told Dr. Raj Waghmare to ask his recovering patient to stay overnight in the hospital—the next day his admission diagnosis surprised. - 6/13/2022
Preventing mistakes
Common language, increased communication and situational awareness central to Caring Safely program. - 6/13/2022
The power of critical thinking
When it comes to diagnostic errors, much emphasis is placed on gaining more knowledge to fix the problem. - 6/13/2022
Is intermittent fasting actually good for weight loss? Here’s what the evidence says
To date, numerous studies have shown intermittent fasting is as good as counting calories when it comes to weight loss—including a recent study, which tracked participants for more than a year. - 6/13/2022
Adapting to life with COVID-19: Lessons our own immune system can teach us about public health information
In immunology, the way a threat—such as a virus—is presented to the immune system matters as much as the threat itself. - 6/13/2022
High school students across Canada to be trained on how to administer naloxone
The Advanced Coronary Treatment Foundation is announcing Tuesday that its new training program will be added to the CPR and automated external defibrillator training it offers for free in high schools across the country. - 6/13/2022
Alberta drops remaining COVID restrictions as it says new case numbers keep falling
The government announced the decision in a news release late Monday afternoon, saying it will move to Step 3 of its reopening plan at 11:59 p.m. Tuesday. - 6/13/2022
FDA advisers consider Moderna's COVID shots for older kids
If the panel endorses the shot and the FDA agrees, it would become the second option for those children, joining Pfizer's vaccine. - 6/13/2022
Federal government to end COVID-19 vaccine mandates: sources
The new rules are expected to come into effect on June 20, though two government sources close to the decision, who were granted anonymity to speak about matters they were not authorized to discuss publicly, say the rules for foreign nationals coming to Canada will not change.