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CMA announces 2024 award recipients

The Canadian Medical Association announced this year’s award recipients on Tuesday, honouring 13 individuals for their achievements, innovations and activism in the field of medicine.
B.C. pharmacists will be able to become ‘referring practitioners’ later this summer

No specific fee will be attached to this option.
N.S. emergency department deaths hit six-year high, doctors point to ‘bed-blocking’

‘By not addressing it, governments and planners are systematically aiding and abetting a service level that virtually guarantees people will do worse.’
NEW DRUG: Truqap for breast cancer

Get the info you need on this new product, part of our drug news roundup for July.
NEW DRUG: Myalepta for leptin deficiency

Get the info you need on this new product, part of our drug news roundup for July.
B.C. to provide more funding for new medical school, founding dean appointed

The school is working toward preliminary accreditation by fall 2025, which officials say would put it on track for a 2026 opening.
Thanks to a US$1 billion gift, most Johns Hopkins medical students will no longer pay tuition

The gift will also increase financial aid for students at the university's schools of nursing, public health and other graduate schools.
Ontario reports 9 cases of listeriosis in outbreak linked to plant-based milk recall

Symptoms of listeriosis can include vomiting, nausea, persistent fever, muscle aches, severe headache and neck stiffness.

McGill-led study uncovers possible drug treatment for anorexia nervosa