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- 7/6/2022
Meet . . . Justin Bates: CEO of the Ontario Pharmacists Association
Get to know the leaders of the Ontario Pharmacists Association. - 7/6/2022
‘I’m only human after all. Don’t put your blame on me’
After a particularly tough visit with an angry patient suffering from depression, Dr. Jabir Jassam decides to bring the visit up after the patient had been treated with antidepressants. - 7/6/2022
Bivalent vaccines: A look at the next stage in the battle against COVID-19
NACI stopped short of urging a specific formulation while it awaited more evidence, but did say a bivalent shot could encourage uptake in the fall. - 7/5/2022
Newfoundland and Labrador replaces health minister amid doctor shortages
The bustling Newfoundland town of Bonavista held a community meeting last week about its lack of doctors, as its emergency room faces intermittent closures this summer due to staffing shortages. - 7/5/2022
Ontario likely in new COVID wave driven by BA.5 subvariant, science table says
Dr. Fahad Razak, scientific director of the group, says the highly infectious BA.5 variant also appears to be more immune evasive, meaning people who were recently infected can catch the virus again soon after. - 7/5/2022
Not enough bodies: UBC cadaver donation program numbers have dropped off
Medical and other types of students gain valuable insights from working with real human bodies that cab't be found in a textbooks. - 7/5/2022
Case report: back pain
A ‘picture’ of a common problem—with an uncommon twist. A new case Dr. Robert Dickson just saw in his clinic. - 7/5/2022
POLL: Is inflation affecting you patients' ability to pay for their medications?
With gas and food prices climbing, the cost of living for many Canadians is getting harder to handle. - 7/5/2022
Doctors at Moncton Hospital did detective work to investigate induced labour case
A newly released court document reveals the detective work officials at the Moncton Hospital did to try to determine why the hospital was seeing a high rate of emergency caesarean sections between 2017 and 2019. - 7/5/2022
AI: risks and challenges
For all its potential, Pat Rich explores why medical-related AI needs particular scrutiny.