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Without a referral: Alberta set to allow patients to privately pay for diagnostic screenings
Critics say this opens the door to a two-tier system and are likening the proposal to ‘American-style healthcare.’
Amiodarone adverse effects
Amiodarone is an antiarrhythmic drug used to treat various ventricular and atrial tachyarrhythmias. Although it is an effective drug, amiodarone is associated with many different adverse effects, including pulmonary, thyroid, ocular and liver toxicity.

‘We need to dig to find out where the information comes from’: Fighting misinformation to keep women and girls healthy

SOGC calling out health misinformation or disinformation as a form of psychological violence against women.
Vancouver health authority sued over death of Canadian senator’s son

The lawsuit accuses the health authority and medical staff of negligence in the November 2023 death of muician Benjamin Marks Woo whose mother says she had warned staff that he posed a risk of suicide and drug overdose.
New guidance for managing heart failure with LVEF > 40%

2025 CCS/CHFS update introduces a unified, evidence-based algorithm recommending SGLT2 inhibitors, MRAs, ARNIs and GLP-1–based therapies.
Do GLP-1RAs alter the risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD)?

Study compares the risk of developing nonexudative AMD and its progression to exudative AMD in patients with obesity taking GLP-1RAs vs other weight-loss drugs.
October drug roundup: three new Health Canada advisories

Get the info you need on these new Health Canada advisories, part of our drug news roundup for October.
October drug roundup: 13 new indications

Get the info you need on these new indications, part of our drug news roundup for October.
Quebec tables special bill to impose new compensation scheme on doctors

The new bill says doctors who take ‘concerted action’ to boycott the government’s policies could face fines of up to $500,000 per day.
During cold and flu season, the youngest kids really are the germiest

Children in pre-kindergarten and elementary school showed highest rates of virus detection compared with older students and staff, according to research published in the journal Pediatrics.

Without a referral: Alberta set to allow patients to privately pay for diagnostic screenings

Amiodarone adverse effects

‘We need to dig to find out where the information comes from’: Fighting misinformation to keep women and girls healthy

Vancouver health authority sued over death of Canadian senator’s son

New guidance for managing heart failure with LVEF > 40%

Do GLP-1RAs alter the risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD)?

October drug roundup: three new Health Canada advisories

October drug roundup: 13 new indications

Quebec tables special bill to impose new compensation scheme on doctors

During cold and flu season, the youngest kids really are the germiest