Healthcare

Returning to exercise postpartum: Supporting women’s physical activity after the birth of a child
Women who engage in postpartum exercise tend to have better mental and physical health outcomes. Benefits of exercise for new moms include weight loss, improved aerobic fitness, improved mood and increased social connectedness. However, physical activity rates tend to drastically decline after pregnancy.
When will feds lift COVID-19 mandates? It's complicated, minister says
Conservative and NDP members of the House of Commons health committee hammered the minister with questions about a timeline, a benchmark, or a set of conditions that would trigger an end to vaccine requirements for travellers and federal employees.

Ontario cardiologists opposed to agreement that excludes some phone services

The Ontario Association of Cardiologists is concerned about the virtual care framework in the new agreement because it would only allow specific consultation services to happen over video, not by phone.
Start-up that made COVID scheduling easier for pharmacists gets US$2.7 million in Microsoft seed funding

MedMe Health, based out of Waterloo, Ont., has been used by over 14 million patients during the pandemic.
Filling wound care gaps

How pharmacists can become more involved in wound care and prevention.
The countdown is on! Top 10 reasons to attend Pharmacy U

Pharmacy U turns 10 this year! Canada's leading event for the pharmacy industry will be in-person once again, on April 2, 2022, at the International Centre. That in itself is cause to celebrate.
Sharing is caring: Atlantic premiers talk single licensing system for healthcare workers, helping patients get care in neighbouring provinces

Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Andrew Furey—a physician himself—said there was 'no reason' a healthcare workers licensed in one part of the country should be unable to practise in another.
PPSA vote: Should doctors accept a bad offer to avoid a worse one?

Dr. Shawn Whatley has decided how he'll vote on Ontario's proposed fee deal being ratified or not this week.
COVID is not over—and it won’t ever be

Dr. Sohail Gandhi says the doctors in Ontario using #COVIDisnotover on Twitter and arguing for ongoing restrictions need to use a wider metric than looking at COVID numbers alone.
Doctors’ contracts are about central planning, not incomes: Ontario’s PPSA

As inflation runs over 5%, Ontario's PPSA fee deal might be one of the worst offers doctors have ever seen, argues Dr. Shawn Whatley.

Returning to exercise postpartum: Supporting women’s physical activity after the birth of a child

When will feds lift COVID-19 mandates? It's complicated, minister says

Ontario cardiologists opposed to agreement that excludes some phone services

Start-up that made COVID scheduling easier for pharmacists gets US$2.7 million in Microsoft seed funding

Filling wound care gaps

The countdown is on! Top 10 reasons to attend Pharmacy U

Sharing is caring: Atlantic premiers talk single licensing system for healthcare workers, helping patients get care in neighbouring provinces

PPSA vote: Should doctors accept a bad offer to avoid a worse one?

COVID is not over—and it won’t ever be

Doctors’ contracts are about central planning, not incomes: Ontario’s PPSA