Healthcare

Alberta practice standards to include new rules on female genital mutilation
The new standard takes effect a year after the province’s Health Professions Act was amended to strengthen existing laws that ban the procedure.
Doctor decries gun violence after school shooting near miss
Dr. Britney Grayson had just finished regaling children at the small religious grade school about Kenya, where she works on missions, when she drove out of the parking lot looking for a Starbucks.

NAPRA seeks comments on drug schedule change for pediatric loratadine products

National Drug Scheduling Advisory Committee issues interim recommendations on drug schedule status change for loratadine products used in children two to 11 years of age.
Feds launch new Model Practice Standard for MAiD

The new model aims to help clinicians and regulators alike through complex cases.
B.C. to announce plan for access to diabetes drug Ozempic, hyped for weight loss

Adrian Dix said in January that the government would be investigating why almost 10% of prescriptions for the drug in B.C. were filled for American citizens.
Rise in TTC violence sign of failure to address poverty, mental illness: psychiatrist

The TTC has also said it’s critical to address underlying social issues.
Several southern Ontario public health units warn whooping cough on the rise

Normally caseloads are in the single digits for these regions, but dozens have popped up so far this year.
Understanding the communication needs of deaf patients

A deaf pharmacist explains how to bridge the gap between the deaf community and the hearing world
FPs among top groups of doctors who considered suicide in the past year: survey

The Medscape survey also found physicians were twice as likely than the general population to have suicide ideation.
Idaho hospital to stop baby deliveries, partly over politics

The decision to discontinue providing obstetrical services was emotional and difficult, hospital officials said in a news release.

Alberta practice standards to include new rules on female genital mutilation

Doctor decries gun violence after school shooting near miss

NAPRA seeks comments on drug schedule change for pediatric loratadine products

Feds launch new Model Practice Standard for MAiD

B.C. to announce plan for access to diabetes drug Ozempic, hyped for weight loss

Rise in TTC violence sign of failure to address poverty, mental illness: psychiatrist

Several southern Ontario public health units warn whooping cough on the rise

Understanding the communication needs of deaf patients

FPs among top groups of doctors who considered suicide in the past year: survey

Idaho hospital to stop baby deliveries, partly over politics