Healthcare

With updated equipment and two new practice labs, techs get quality training.

Most people who used the program came for prescription renewals

Mohamed Hassan used the credentials of seven doctors and one dentist to issue and claim insurance coverage for prescriptions for him and family members, according to the Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec.

Some B.C. doctors say the province’s Primary Care Networks are under-resourced and not as good as those in Alberta.

He Jiankui shocked the world in 2018 when he announced he had altered the embryos of twin girls, with many in the scientific community criticizing his work as unethical.

Jack Mintz joins Dr. Martha Fulford, Michel Kelly-Gagnon, Dr. Rob Tanguay and Jack Major on the Public Health Emergencies Governance Review panel.

While doctors have a set protocol to identify patients at risk of opioid addiction, Dr. Dean Eurich said machine learning “could do a better job” of pinning down who is most susceptible.

Prevalence of SJS/TEN associated with antibiotic use and the risk with specific antibiotic classes is determined by global systematic review and meta-analysis.