Diabetes

Disgraced pharmacist on the hook for $300,000 in costs and fine loses bid to sue medical lab for $273,000
Pierre Rizk “was a maverick whose only goal was to prescribe drugs" concluded the Alberta College of Pharmacy, and he abused the prescribing privileges of the province's pharmacists.
Not always healthy: what your patients need to know about plant-based diets
Plant-based meats are often high in sodium, ultra-processed and not any healthier than meat. Meanwhile, nearly half of the consumers think they are more nutritious.

Guidance on titrating therapy for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction

Goal is to titrate quadruple therapy to maximally tolerated doses within three to six months of diagnosis
Cycling reduces all-cause mortality including CVD by 24% in diabetics

The effect is independent of practicing other common types of physical activity.
Good long-term glycemic control can keep diabetics with COVID out of the ICU

People with type 2 diabetes with good long-term glycemic control are less likely to develop severe symptoms from COVID-19 than those with poor control.
Managing hyperkalemia caused by renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors

Strategies to reduce the risk of chronic hyperkalemia in patients being treated with RAAS inhibitors for chronic kidney disease, heart failure and other conditions
Some N.B. patients learning their unvaccinated doctors have been suspended

Duncan Milne is diabetic and has borderline kidney function but says he only found out his doctor was suspended when the hospital in Fredericton called to say his scheduled blood tests had been cancelled.
Saskatchewan expands COVID-19 booster shot eligibility to more of its residents

Residents who are 50 years or older are now eligible for a third dose, as are people 18 years and older living in the far north or on First Nation communities, and all healthcare workers.
One day in family medicine

Dr. Jabir Jassam examines two parts of his day as a family physician: the joy of the direct patient care and the soul-destroying paperwork.
How B.C. pharmacists handled drug rationing and helped those trapped, evacuated due to mudslides

Pharmacies in British Columbia were left in short supply of medication as road closures disrupted the supply chain.

Disgraced pharmacist on the hook for $300,000 in costs and fine loses bid to sue medical lab for $273,000

Not always healthy: what your patients need to know about plant-based diets

Guidance on titrating therapy for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction

Cycling reduces all-cause mortality including CVD by 24% in diabetics

Good long-term glycemic control can keep diabetics with COVID out of the ICU

Managing hyperkalemia caused by renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system inhibitors

Some N.B. patients learning their unvaccinated doctors have been suspended

Saskatchewan expands COVID-19 booster shot eligibility to more of its residents

One day in family medicine

How B.C. pharmacists handled drug rationing and helped those trapped, evacuated due to mudslides