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- 6/8/2022
Daily steps reduce all-cause mortality
Canadian doc offers tips on how to inspire patients to do daily steps. - 6/8/2022
Young Leader in Pharmacy Godwin Chan: "...pharmacy has to be much more innovative and tech-driven."
If I can accomplish just one thing in my career, it would be to positively impact as many patients as possible through leveraging the power of scale. I'll most likely achieve this via building and investing in health tech start-ups. - 6/8/2022
Canadian doctors say medical delays from COVID-19 led to more advanced cancer cases
Dr. Helmut Hollenhorst, senior medical director for Nova Scotia's cancer care program, says he thinks cancer patients are presenting with more advanced disease due to pandemic-induced missed or delayed medical appointments. - 6/8/2022
Alberta smartphone app intended to reduce overdose deaths in drug users at home
Mike Ellis, associate minister of mental health and addictions, says the app is free and is available across the province, including in rural and First Nations communities. - 6/8/2022
The (pharmacy) funny pages: Bless this mess
Your weekly dose of giggles—take two with or without your morning coffee, and try not to spill! - 6/8/2022
POLL: Do you know a doctor who has left their practice because of pandemic burnout?
We're hearing stories from across the country of physicians who are so burnt out from the pandemic and its rippling impacts that they're hanging up their white coats. Is this happening to you or your peers? - 6/7/2022
Ontario to let masking rules for many healthcare settings, public transit expire
Rules requiring that people wear masks on public transit and many healthcare settings will expire at 12:00 a.m., months after mask requirements lifted in most other settings. - 6/7/2022
Making video games can help support addiction recovery
Individual failure is not the driver of opioid addiction. It is a complex and intertwined set of root causes including poverty, social isolation, disability and physical and psychological trauma. - 6/7/2022
WHO: COVID cases and deaths falling nearly everywhere
In its latest weekly update on the pandemic, the U.N. health agency said confirmed cases dropped 12% to more than 3 million and reported deaths declined 22% to about 7,600. - 6/7/2022
Moderna says updated COVID shot boosts omicron protection
COVID-19 vaccine makers are studying updated boosters that might be offered in the fall to better protect people against future coronavirus surges.