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- 6/8/2020
Medical advisers' names won't be released for privacy reasons, Ford says
Ontario premier Doug Ford says he won’t release a list of medical experts guiding his pandemic response because of privacy concerns. Ford defended those advisers today after questions were raised about which epidemiologists and scientists are giving him advice on the province’s reopening. - 6/7/2020
Tips for managing patients with asthma or COPD during the COVID-19 pandemic
Canadian Thoracic Society provides guidance on optimizing asthma and COPD management throughout the COVID-19 pandemic - 6/7/2020
Use of antihypertensive drugs generates pressure-packed debate in COVID-19 era
Researchers have been trying to understand a possible link between blood pressure medications and COVID-19 - 6/7/2020
Lawsuit against B.C., pharmacists' college, drug company over medication switch
A drug user "forced'' to switch to a reformulated methadone treatment introduced in British Columbia six years ago has filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against the provincial government, the college of pharmacists and a pharmaceutical company. - 6/6/2020
SGLT2 inhibitors associated with a reduced risk of major cardiovascular event: study
A retrospective multicentre cohort study demonstrated that the use of sodium-glucose cotransporter type 2 inhibitors (SGLT2) is associated with a reduced risk of major cardiovascular event (MCE) in people with type 2 diabetes compared to use of a dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor (DPP-4).