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- 9/22/2019
New national guideline sets out best practices for delivering injectable opioid agonist treatment
A new Canadian guideline lays out the optimal strategies for providing injectable opioid agonist treatment with prescription heroin and hydromorphone for people with severe opioid use disorder. - 9/19/2019
'Our business plan was not sustainable;' president Dr. Hugo Viens on the end of the QMA
Harshly affected by a decline in membership, the Quebec Medical Association (QMA) announced its dissolution and the sale of its assets to the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) at an extraordinary general meeting on September 7. - 9/18/2019
Nova Scotia Catholic hospital will offer assisted dying after policy change
The organization that administers hospitals in Nova Scotia has quietly changed its policy to allow patients to access medically assisted dying services at a Catholic hospital that was previously exempt. - 9/18/2019
Ontario youth with vaping related illness was on life support: officials
The report about the case came just hours after Ontario's health minister ordered all public hospitals to report vaping-related cases of severe pulmonary disease - 9/18/2019
Health professionals express concerns over rates of youth hospitalizations due to substance use
A new Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) analysis reveals that a substantial number of people age 10 to 24 are being hospitalized for harmful substance use and highlights the impacts of cannabis, alcohol, opioids and other substances on youth in Canada. - 9/18/2019
How do you solve a crisis of trust?
Nova Scotia's health crisis is getting worse, and yet our leaders still refuse to reckon with the stories being shared from the people on the ground