Neurosurgeon investigating patient’s mystery symptoms plucks a worm from woman’s brain in AustraliaThe creature was the larva of an Australian native roundworm not previously known to be a human parasite. 48.82 million hours: How do we lower the number of administrative tasks docs take on each year?As part of its annual health summit, the Canadian Medical Association addressed a recurring question: how to reduce the administrative burden on physicians. Mortality rose in 2021, led by cancer, heart disease, overdoses and COVID 19: StatCan Life expectancy also fell once again from 81.7 years to 81.6 years. It had decreased in 2020 by 0.6 years. New guidance on using take-home naloxone for in-community overdose response The guidance is aimed at helping policy makers understand best practices for this tool. Need to know about live saving CPR? A new study says it’s probably wise not to ask Alexa or Siri Researchers asked voice assistants eight questions that a bystander might pose in a cardiac arrest emergency. Racism partly to blame for unequal healthcare provided to Indigenous women: PHAC study Researchers used data for all females aged 15 to 55 from the annual Canadian Community Health Survey between 2015 and 2020. POLL: Have patients been pushing to be prescribed Ozempic for weight loss? Take our weekly doctor poll. See what your colleagues say. Alberta Pharmacists’ Association highlights ENVIRx program partnership for National Drug Drop-off month The association is reminding patients of best practices when bringing medications back to thew pharmacy for disposal. The obesity epidemic is fueled by biology, not lack of willpower The brain wants us to eat as much as we can because it thinks it’s helping us survive, and it has the power to overwhelm our best intentions. Net-zero healthcare by 2050: What Canada needs to succeed Presentation at CMA health summit while wildfires tear across Northwest Territories, B.C. First Previous 245 246 247 248 249 Next Last
