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- 10/9/2023
B.C. first province to sign individual health deal with feds, worth $1.2 billion
The province has also agreed to work with the First Nations Health Authority to improve access to culturally appropriate and trauma-informed treatment and care. - 10/9/2023
Why we need involuntary treatment for patients with severe SUDs
How does it make sense that we ‘Form’ every person who enters our ER threatening suicide, but we do not ‘Form’ patients who come in with drug overdoses if they are in the grip of addiction? - 10/9/2023
Emergency resolution on pharmacare expected at upcoming NDP convention
A group of grassroots NDP activists is planning to push for pharmacare to be a make-or-break element of the federal party’s supply-and-confidence deal with the Liberals at a policy convention next week. - 10/5/2023
Chronic pelvic pain affects up to 26% of women—our latest research brings us closer to better treating it
Despite how many women are affected by chronic pelvic pain, we still don’t fully understand the mechanisms underlying it—thereby limiting treatment options. - 10/5/2023
QUIZ: Borderline personality disorder
Borderline personality disorder (BPD) and related conditions are among the most challenging psychiatric conditions to treat. How much do you know about them? Find out here! - 10/5/2023
Housing first: The case for social prescribing of housing in emergency departments
People experiencing homelessness have a two to five times higher morbidity and mortality from all diseases compared to the general population and often have no choice but to use EDs for their healthcare. - 10/5/2023
Quebec tables bill to sue drug companies for healthcare costs linked to opioids
The legislation also grants Quebec the ability to join lawsuits launched by other provinces. - 10/5/2023
B.C. COVID-19 hospitalizations up 58% in two weeks, as infections, deaths also spike
The latest numbers also show more people aged 80 and older have been getting tested for COVID-19 over the last few weeks, with nearly 35% of those coming out positive in the last week of September. - 10/5/2023
U.S. healthcare strike over pay and staff shortages heads into final day with no deal in sight
The three-day strike carried out in multiple states will officially end Saturday at 6 a.m., and workers were expected to return to their jobs in Kaiser’s hospitals and clinics that serve nearly 13 million Americans. - 10/5/2023
10 questions about the three-year family medicine program
From questions about whether doctors ever feel ready to head into practice to problems of how the system will handle the practicalities of training more and more FPs at a time, there's a lot to consider.