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- 5/4/2022
Youth eating disorder hospitalizations rise during pandemic: CIHI
The numbers show the rate of eating disorder hospitalizations in Canada was 15 per 100,000 in the two years leading up to the onset of the pandemic, and jumped to 20 per 100,000 in 2020-21. - 5/4/2022
Canadians' trips to liquor stores, pharmacies tracked via phones during pandemic
Outbreak intelligence analysts BlueDot prepared reports using anonymized data for the Public Health Agency of Canada to help it understand travel patterns during the pandemic. - 5/4/2022
The (medical) funny pages: Met Gala looks as medical specialities
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, so they say. And in the eyes of one doc and Twitter user, the beauty of the looks on the red carpet of the Met Gala this past week hold some striking resemblances to different specialties in medicine. - 5/4/2022
At home medicated abortions improve access to care: advocates
Some abortion clinics and doctor's offices offer "no-touch'' abortions up to 10 weeks, a service that's become more common over the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. - 5/4/2022
CPhA national survey finds 72% of pharmacy professionals considering leaving their job or the profession entirely
About half of pharmacy professionals said they experience abuse from the public at least weekly. - 5/4/2022
WHO: Nearly 15 million deaths associated with COVID-19
The U.N. health agency's director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, described the newly calculated figure as "sobering,'' saying it should prompt countries to invest more in their capacities to quell future health emergencies. - 5/4/2022
Ye olde Ontario healthcare
We all know that there are some parts of healthcare in Canada that are quite archaic (fax machines and pagers anyone?) but I recently spent some time looking through the list of approved diagnostic codes for Ontario and was in for a bit of a shock! - 5/4/2022
Physician assistants say they could help ease pressure on Nova Scotia health system
Outside of the military, there are just three physician assistants working in Nova Scotia. They were hired as part of a three-year pilot project that began in 2020 in an orthopedic department. - 5/4/2022
Young Leader in Pharmacy Rúben Viegas: "I like to think of young leaders as plants that blossom and show their colours and fruits"
I like to think of young leaders as plants that blossom and show their colours and fruits. To do that, you need to nurture that plant with the essential nutrients and water it needs. It is the same for pharmacists, we need to keep learning, understand the advancements in the profession and the new technologies that come to support healthcare. - 5/3/2022
Embracing complexity: Challenges and opportunities of treating those with substance misuse and mental illness
Some patients present a major challenge—how can the system better support complex cases?