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- 1/19/2022
Nova Scotians seeking MAiD will soon have 'oral option' to self administer
As yet, it's unclear exactly when the required clinicians still needed to supervise will be trained and available. - 1/19/2022
Lawyers for N.B. doctor file lawsuit against province, RCMP and Facebook
Dr. Ngola, a family doctor who was working in the northern New Brunswick town of Campbellton, was accused of violating the province's Emergency Measures Act, but the Crown later withdrew the charge after concluding there was no chance of conviction. - 1/19/2022
Young Leader in Pharmacy Rebecka Isaksson: "We are quickly moving towards a reality where we cannot treat microbial infections."
As a researcher no day is like the next, and that’s why I love research. Yes sure, there are days when nothing works, and it seems like the “chemistry gods” are laughing at you. - 1/19/2022
Spike in deaths causes Yukon to declare overdose emergency
Health Minister Tracy-Anne McPhee said Thursday the drugs are killing people and creating a mental health crisis in every community in Yukon. - 1/19/2022
U.S. researchers test pig to human transplant in donated body
This time around, surgeons in Alabama transplanted a pig's kidneys into a brain-dead man—a step-by-step rehearsal for an operation they hope to try in living patients possibly later this year. - 1/19/2022
Ontario to start reopening businesses, boost gathering sizes
Ontario will begin easing COVID-19 restrictions at the end of the month, starting with increasing social gathering limits and allowing certain businesses to reopen with caps on capacity. - 1/19/2022
Study finds 15-fold increase in maternal deaths related to chronic hypertension
Worrying trend seen over the past 40 years with chronic hypertension, older maternal age, obesity to blame. - 1/18/2022
COVID-19 antiviral pill incoming as fifth wave's peak in sight for some provinces
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the first shipment of an oral COVID-19 pill is making its way across Canada but is no substitute for vaccination against the rapidly spreading virus. - 1/18/2022
Elliot says she'll ask CPSO to 'consider all options' to crack down on docs spreading COVID misinformation
Elliot said reports of doctors spreading misinformation are “extremely concerning.” - 1/18/2022
Canadian trial: remdesivir reduces need for ventilation by half for COVID patients
The study, published Wednesday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, is the largest single-country trial of remdesivir reported to date. - 1/18/2022
Paramedics who treated fatally wounded teen receive 18 months' conditional sentence
Prosecutors alleged that the pair approached Al-Hasnawi on the night of Dec. 2, 2017 with the "preconceived notion'' he had only a superficial injury from a BB or pellet gun. - 1/18/2022
‘If you report me to the MOT, I will report you to the CPSO’
After an abnormal MoCA test, the patient wouldn’t follow up for further assessment. Now Dr. Jabir Jassam wonders if he has a duty to report to the Ministry of Transportation out of drive-safe concerns.