Healthcare

Foreign supply of children's pain meds set to hit Canadian shelves next week
One million bottles of children's medication will have been distributed to hospitals, pharmacies and retailers after next week, health officials said during a media briefing.
Lifetime ban ends a 30-year career sullied by $400K in improper billing, $75K in fines and a criminal conviction
Dr. Gustavo Jose Carvalho was also suspended multiple times by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia and subjected to practice conditions that he breached repeatedly.

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'Bleakest of role models for women': Fired health leader calls out Alberta premier

A leader in Alberta's health system who was fired by Premier Danielle Smith is firing back.
Montreal now has healthy teddy bears thanks to new hospital organized by medical students

Teddy Bear Hospital program helps alleviate kids’ fears around interactions with healthcare professionals.
'It really shook me': Calgary surgeon spearheads drive to send supplies to Ukraine

Dr. Paul Fedak, who is Ukrainian-Canadian, said he was watching a social media post months ago of a Ukrainian cardiac surgeon, Dr. Igor Mokryk, taking patients down into a bunker as bombs were going off overhead.
Nova Scotia children's hospital sees historically high patient numbers

Dr. Andrew Lynk said Thursday that Halifax children's hospital IWK Health Centre is seeing patient numbers higher than he's experienced in his more than 30-year career.
Fresh cases to better reflect patients in the clinic: Dalhousie University revises curriculum for pre-clerkship medical students

Medical school rewrites more than 200 cases to ensure students learn about the whole patient.
Chronically ill, but 'dying of poverty'

Madeline has lived with myalgic encephalomyelitis, also known as chronic fatigue syndrome or ME/CFS, for more than 30 years after contracting mononucleosis twice in her younger years.
What you can do to help your patients–and yourself–deal with the trauma of pregnancy loss

Many doctors don't know how to react or cope when a patient's pregnancy ends in a miscarriage or stillbirth. At the 2022 Family Medicine Forum, Dr. Sarah Gower offered some advice.

Foreign supply of children's pain meds set to hit Canadian shelves next week

Lifetime ban ends a 30-year career sullied by $400K in improper billing, $75K in fines and a criminal conviction

Poll: Doctor, do you have a family doctor?

'Bleakest of role models for women': Fired health leader calls out Alberta premier

Montreal now has healthy teddy bears thanks to new hospital organized by medical students

'It really shook me': Calgary surgeon spearheads drive to send supplies to Ukraine

Nova Scotia children's hospital sees historically high patient numbers

Fresh cases to better reflect patients in the clinic: Dalhousie University revises curriculum for pre-clerkship medical students

Chronically ill, but 'dying of poverty'

What you can do to help your patients–and yourself–deal with the trauma of pregnancy loss