‘Extraordinarily insulting:’ Ontario’s new acuity payment will cost physicians more money, says family doctors unionChanges brought in with the new model could discourage family doctors in family health organizations and networks from doing emergency and hospitalist work, critics say. Surrey, B.C., hospital to get critical care tower with acute, specialized servicesThe premier says the province is at stage where it will soon start asking for feedback from health professionals who work at the hospital. Obesity drug Wegovy is approved to cut heart attack and stroke risk in overweight patients The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a label change requested by drugmaker Novo Nordisk that expands the use of semaglutide. Type 2 diabetes: Be careful with calcium supplementation No significant association was observed in participants without diabetes or with dietary calcium. Drinking tea reduces biological aging: study A new Chinese study looked at the role of tea consumption in longevity and biological aging. How springing forward to daylight saving time could affect your health—and how to prepare Studies have found an uptick in heart attacks and strokes right after the March time change. Which Canadian hospital ranked 3rd in the world? Newsweek's latest yearly rankings put just one Canadian hospital in the top 20 worldwide. What is the Portfolio Diet? How a Canadian-designed plant-based diet lowers LDL-cholesterol, reduces diabetes risk. Another reason to quit: Smokers found to have stronger innate immune responses These stronger responses suggest smokers could experience more symptomatic disease and be more susceptible to infection in general. Study examines the safety of COVID-19 XBB.1.5 vaccines in older adults Denmark study finds no increased risk of 28 adverse events following vaccination with a monovalent XBB.1.5-containing vaccine given as a fifth dose to adults 65 years or older. First Previous 34 35 36 37 38 Next Last
