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What’s the healthiest place in Canada?
And how can you tell? It depends on the factors you measure.
Society of Rural Physicians of Canada worried about lack of evidence behind choice to lengthen family medicine residency
The society emphasized the extended third year could stem the already insufficient flow of family doctors to rural areas.

Innovator: A natural advocate

Amy Lamb believes in pharmacy’s role as a provider of safe spaces and true holistic care.
QUIZ: The patient is on fire!

To mark Fire Prevention Week (Oct. 8-14), here’s a quiz on fire safety in the operating room. See if you can answer these burning questions!
Billing changes for docs rolled out in British Columbia

Assessments for COVID-19 treatment now have a permanent billing code and respiratory immunization fees have been reactivated.
More health teams, less red tape: How to make comprehensive family medicine attractive again

In addition to more health teams, eliminating unnecessary tasks could life easier for family doctors. The Ontario College of Family Physicians, for one, is asking the province to prohibit employers from requiring sick notes.
A five-part plan: What the health ministers decided at their P.E.I. meetings

The federal health minister says Canada intends to tackle its health workforce shortages by making it easier for nurses and doctors to practice in other provinces.
False advertising? Pharmacist owner of 'telepharmacy' company slapped with $12,500 fine

Sonia Boutin should have known she was violating the law when she failed to ensure consumers knew her online pharmacy, Medzy, was owned by a pharmacist, said the Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec.
U.K. prime minister wants to raise the legal age to buy cigarettes in England so eventually no one can

It is currently illegal for anyone to sell cigarettes or tobacco products to people under 18 years old throughout the U.K.
Should patients with psoriasis be screened for CVD?

Study shows impaired microcirculation in the heart, even in patients with no CVD symptoms.