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- 7/11/2022
Ontario municipal leaders call for action amid several temporary ER closures
Hospitals have cited critical staff shortages for the closures and organizations representing doctors and nurses have noted that workers are burned out and leaving their roles after two years on the front lines of the pandemic. - 7/11/2022
Toronto woman unable to work due to long-COVID has started the process for MAiD
Former chef Tracey Thompson emphasized in an interview that she does not wish to die, but with no means of financial support feels well and truly out of options. - 7/11/2022
Texas woman says unborn baby counts as passenger in HOV lane
When Brandy Bottone got pulled over for driving by herself in an HOV lane just days after Roe v. Wade was overturned, she pointed to her pregnant belly and said her unborn daughter now counts as a person. - 7/11/2022
Pig organ transplants inch closer with testing in the dead
New York researchers transplanted pig hearts into two brain-dead people over the last month, the latest in a string of developments in the long quest to one day save human lives with animal organs. - 7/11/2022
More than 100 healthcare professionals challenge rejection of psilocybin access
In 2020, Health Canada started granting exemptions under the Controlled Drugs and Substances Actto provide psychedelics treatment to patients suffering from end-of-life psychological distress, treatment-resistant depression and major depressive disorder. - 7/10/2022
Universities, health authority open medical research centre in Prince George
The centre, called the Northern Centre for Clinical Research (NCCR), officially opened March 21 at the University Hospital of Northern British Columbia in Prince George. - 7/10/2022
CVS Pharmacy pilots Skin Care Center
The Skin Care Center format, launched in three locations, features a wholly owned shop-in-shop experience that will provide shoppers with enhanced access to skin health innovations. - 7/10/2022
When the peer reviewer calls, encore
Two decades after his first practice audit, Dr. George Burden was concerned this time wouldn’t go quite as well. - 7/10/2022
How common are primary psycho dermatologic conditions?
Skin-picking, hair-pulling, delusional parasitosis can appear as skin problems but may need psychiatric assessment.