Patient Compliance

The loneliness epidemic: New guidelines to help care for seniors with loneliness or social isolation
Seventeen new recommendations from the Canadian Coalition for Seniors' Mental Health.
Ontario just released its newest budget: Billions announced for healthcare, but where will it get spent?
The province said it is investing $2 billion over three years in home care services, nearly $1-billion more for hospitals and hundreds of millions to expand primary care coverage.

'Counsel has been retained': Ontario college takes zero-tolerance stance against corporate pressure on pharmacists

When asked in a survey and in town halls where they were experiencing pressure to perform a certain number of clinical services, an overwhelming number of pharmacy professionals pointed to either a Shoppers Drug Mart or Loblaw pharmacy.
New research suggests intermittent fasting increases the risk of dying from heart disease. But the evidence is mixed

What can we make of these findings? And how do they measure up with what else we know about intermittent fasting and heart disease?
Are physicians entitled to human rights?

Exposure to certain perfumes triggers severe allergic reactions in Dr. Jabir Jassam but despite clinic policies and staff reminders, some patients disregard this.
Most federal supply of Paxlovid will expire on March 31, Ontario, B.C. tell pharmacists

The rest of the supplies will expire on May 31.
Drug delays onset of clinical RA symptoms in high-risk patients

Already used to treat symptoms, abatacept could be used earlier.
Sexual assault survivor says N.S. bill gives too much access to patient health data

Carrie Smith, of Digby, N.S., spoke out against a change in legislation she believes is too broad in giving the province access to patient health information.
First once-weekly basal insulin is now approved in Canada

With its reduced injection frequency, insulin icodec (Awiqli) has the potential to provide better adherence and greater treatment satisfaction in some patients.
Students pitch an app to screen patients for minor ailments

A group of third-year students at the University of Waterloo are working on an app that would screen patients coming in for minor ailments using chatGPT technology.

The loneliness epidemic: New guidelines to help care for seniors with loneliness or social isolation

Ontario just released its newest budget: Billions announced for healthcare, but where will it get spent?

'Counsel has been retained': Ontario college takes zero-tolerance stance against corporate pressure on pharmacists

New research suggests intermittent fasting increases the risk of dying from heart disease. But the evidence is mixed

Are physicians entitled to human rights?

Most federal supply of Paxlovid will expire on March 31, Ontario, B.C. tell pharmacists

Drug delays onset of clinical RA symptoms in high-risk patients

Sexual assault survivor says N.S. bill gives too much access to patient health data

First once-weekly basal insulin is now approved in Canada

Students pitch an app to screen patients for minor ailments