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You can put beef tallow and salmon sperm on your face. But should you?
Dr. Angelo Landriscina, a New York City dermatologist who has taken to social media to debunk what he sees as skin care misinformation.
PA team collabs in Winnipeg
Teaming FPs with physician assistants–what are the benefits for docs?

5-year complaint risk

We've put together a table that summarizes the medico-legal risk profiles for 12 specialties.
Vicki Wood honoured with B2B Leadership Award

‘This award recognizes outstanding career achievement in B2B media and is the highest in-dividual honour the National Magazine Awards: B2B can bestow.’
These students are set to bypass CaRMS and launch directly into family medicine residency

Queen’s University provides an update on its Lakeridge Health MD family medicine program at the International Congress on Academic Medicine.
Rat poison found in some baby food jars in Central Europe leads to recall

Austria ’s health minister told parents, kindergartens and day care centers to use utmost caution when feeding young children HiPP.
A national registry for physician misconduct incidents? New study in CMAJ urges more transparency

The researchers say a more transparency through a national registry could facilitate better communication between law enforcement and regulators, as well as regulators from different jurisdictions.
FOI documents suggest plant-based milk facility linked to deadly outbreak was ‘haven for listeria,’ experts say

The Canadian Press obtained through a Freedom of Information request a copy of an inspection conducted by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency into a Pickering, Ont., facility.
Ontario forging ahead with medical residency rule for international grads it recently rescinded

Ontario is embedding in legislation a policy that would give priority for medical residency positions to applicants with a connection to the province.
How to reduce errors and complaints, and their effects on morale

Embracing a ‘just culture’ and improving communication are key to turning mistakes into opportunities for growth and systemic improvement.