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The public health unit recommended patients who received local anesthesia for stitches, IUD insertions, skin biopsies, removing lumps and joint injections in the time period identified get tested for blood-borne infections.

‘When I was working full-time family practice, I didn't really have time for my own family.’

The needles were used for local anesthetic to freeze patients for stitches, IUD insertions, skin biopsies, removing lumps and joint injections.

We look back at 60 years of headlines to take a stroll through medical history in Canada—but sometimes headlines could just as easily have been written today.

Self-treatment had been with periodic application of a variety of over-the-counter products such as tea tree oil and aloe vera—with no real effect.

More unsolicited advice from Dr. Eric Cadesky.

A lot has changed in the 60 years since the Medical Post first published in 1965.

The Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care has issued its first guideline on smoking cessation for adults. Test your knowledge of the latest practices here!