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- 12/8/2021
Saskatchewan privatizing some surgeries to reduce growing backlog from COVID-19
Health Minister Paul Merriman says the goal is to eliminate the backlog by achieving a three-month wait time by 2030. - 12/8/2021
Some N.B. patients learning their unvaccinated doctors have been suspended
Duncan Milne is diabetic and has borderline kidney function but says he only found out his doctor was suspended when the hospital in Fredericton called to say his scheduled blood tests had been cancelled. - 12/8/2021
Quebec committee says Alzheimer's patients should get access to doctor assisted death
The current law, adopted in 2014, set out strict criteria that include informed consent of a patient until their death, meaning people who had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's and could no longer provide informed consent do not have access. - 12/8/2021
Ontario health issue new COVID-19 recommendations as holiday plans clash with rising cases
The health units recommended that everyone should limit indoor social gatherings in private dwellings to no more than 10 people, and all attendees aged 12 and older should be vaccinated. - 12/8/2021
Black women 3.5 times more likely than white to develop breast-cancer related lymphedema
Risks from treatments differ between racial backgrounds, according to findings presented at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium. - 12/8/2021
Enter the magic land of physician LEADerShip
Simulation—so useful to teach a variety of clinical skills—can also be used to teach physician leadership. - 12/8/2021
How will the world decide when the pandemic is over?
There's no clear-cut definition for when a pandemic starts and ends, and how much of a threat a global outbreak is posing can vary by country. - 12/8/2021
Vaccine makers racing to update COVID shots, just in case
It's too soon to know how vaccines will hold up against omicron. - 12/8/2021
Ont. science table recommends weekly rapid tests in schools, workplaces in some areas
The science advisory table is advising public health units or neighbourhoods where new COVID-19 cases are near 35 per 100,000 people per week and where there is sustained exponential growth, to carry out weekly voluntary screening of unvaccinated or partially vaccinated people in elementary schools. - 12/7/2021
How to tell if your patients are overusing supplements
You’re at the pharmacy counter where you’ve just finished counselling Joan, a 65-year-old woman on her new medication for insomnia. You’ve checked all the boxes for a thorough patient encounter. You’ve updated her allergy status, checked pharmanet for her other medications, assessed drug interactions, and counselled her appropriately. But have you asked about non-prescription medications? In particular, have you asked about supplementation?