Healthcare

One of Toronto's first Chinese-Canadian pharmacists also played a then-secret role in fighting WWII
Before George Thomas Lock became one of the first pharmacists of Chinese descent to graduate from U of T, he was part of a small group of Chinese-Canadians recruited to a secret branch of the British military in the Second World War known as Force 136.
What former politicians say about how healthcare workers can block reform
At a Toronto health conference, Stephen McNeil and Tony Clement target professional scope-of-practice disputes, public union resistance and the fear of voter backlash as barriers to reform.

Water: Are we taking it for granted?

A plea from Dr. Hector Baillie urging all of us to become more water conscious at work, at home and in our communities.
Quebec pharmacies fill three times as many prescriptions as the rest of Canada. What's behind that gap?

A new national report reveals striking differences in prescription volumes, drug costs and pharmacy growth across the country. An aging population will only add to that.
‘I hope he never gets interviewed again’: Premier Danielle Smith in a war of words with ex-AMA president Dr. Paul Parks

On her call-in radio show last Saturday, Smith accused Dr. Parks of derailing contract negotiations and using his position to ‘advance a partisan cause.’
Dauphin hospital services continue to be restored, says Kinew

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says that in recent weeks diagnostic services, including electrocardiograms and ultrasounds, have started to operate from their regular locations.
U.S. FDA announces new warning required on GLP-1 labels
Military sending 15 nurses to Alberta to help treat injured Wainwright soldiers

‘This offers well-deserved respite to civilian staff who have been working around the clock to provide this highly specialized care.’
Epinephrine nasal spray now available without a prescription across Canada

The intranasal spray marketed as neffy is for emergency treatment of severe allergic reactions.
Health Canada approves first therapy to attain functional cure in chronic hep B

Bepirovirsen SC injection (Hibsago) is a 24-week treatment indicated to achieve functional cure of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in noncirrhotic adults.
How Sunnybrook is bringing combat medicine to life through simulation

The first thing that’s obvious about the patient is the missing leg.
Honouring Dr. Paul Charlebois this Remembrance Day

Nova Scotia Health highlights the storied military and medical career of Dr. Paul Charlebois, whose deployments included the 1998 Canadian ice storm, Kosovo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Afghanistan, Sierra Leone during the Ebola crisis and Iraq.