Public Health & Preventive Medicine

Overview offers best alternatives to amoxicillin suspension products amidst shortage
A new chart offers advice around alternative antibiotics pharmacists can use to treat common children's ailments amid supply issues for amoxicillin suspension products.
Effects of empagliflozin on hyperuricaemia and heart failure
Empagliflozin, a sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor, induces a rapid and sustained reduction in serum uric acid levels and decreases the risk of cardiovascular death or hospitalization for heart failure.

Three common cold-chain management errors

Don’t store your patients’ medicines where you’d keep a beer, and other tips.
NDP asks for Queen's Park unanimous consent in bid to improve trans healthcare

The bill would have required the province's health minister to form an advisory committee to improve Ontario's gender-affirming healthcare.
Pediatric cell-based vaccine as good as egg-based vaccine for influenza, clinical trial

An important advancement in pediatric influenza vaccines.
The awkward optics of maskless socializing get docs talking

Does it matter that Dr. Kieran Moore, as a public health official, didn't exactly set an example after strongly recommending Ontarians mask up in public?
U.S. FDA approves first drug that can help prevent type 1 diabetes

The biologic drug, monoclonal antibody teplizumab, is approved for people eight years old and older who are in stage 2 of type 1 diabetes.
Montreal now has healthy teddy bears thanks to new hospital organized by medical students

Teddy Bear Hospital program helps alleviate kids’ fears around interactions with healthcare professionals.
Foreign supply of children's pain meds set to hit Canadian shelves next week

One million bottles of children's medication will have been distributed to hospitals, pharmacies and retailers after next week, health officials said during a media briefing.
Timing of menopausal hormone therapy important in terms of CVD risks

SOGC menopause and cardiovascular disease guideline details benefits, risks.

Overview offers best alternatives to amoxicillin suspension products amidst shortage

Effects of empagliflozin on hyperuricaemia and heart failure

Three common cold-chain management errors

NDP asks for Queen's Park unanimous consent in bid to improve trans healthcare

Pediatric cell-based vaccine as good as egg-based vaccine for influenza, clinical trial

The awkward optics of maskless socializing get docs talking

U.S. FDA approves first drug that can help prevent type 1 diabetes

Montreal now has healthy teddy bears thanks to new hospital organized by medical students

Foreign supply of children's pain meds set to hit Canadian shelves next week

Timing of menopausal hormone therapy important in terms of CVD risks