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Who lives longer: Black or white Canadians?
A new study from Statistics Canada looked at Black mortality rates in Canada. It’s the first national study to look at mortality for a variety of causes for Black adults in Canada.
The how-to of change
Setting yourself up for success is key to becoming the person you want to be.

A wish list for change from Canadian physicians

From housing as healthcare to more preventative care, doctors reflect on the changes in healthcare they would like to see.
Changing patient behaviour

How to change rude patients’ ways and get them to comply with treatment plans.
In a year of ER closures, N.L. sees five year high in emergency department deaths

Nova Scotia also saw a five-year high in emergency room deaths in 2022, with a 10% jump to 558 from 505 people.
Researchers track high frequency of genetic diseases in Quebec's Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean

A team of medical and genetics specialists associated with the Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean health authority recently added 11 rare diseases or conditions to the list of 14 that had already been identified as occurring more frequently in the region than elsewhere in the world.
Canadian Dental Association releases recommendations for feds on dental care

On Tuesday the association released a policy paper following consultations with federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos, provincial and territorial dental associations and dentists from across Canada.
Forget comfort food: Emotional eating may be bad for your heart, say researchers

Mindful eating is better concluded authors of the French study. So put the phone away during mealtimes.
$105K in penalties for pharmacist guilty of improper narcotics dispensing and fraudulent billing

Ottawa pharmacy owner Guo Ma told staff no labels were necessary for methadone dispensed regularly to the same patient and narcotic system alerts should just be ignored if it’s backed by a prescription, according to the Ontario College of Pharmacists.
Can Alberta pharmacies brand themselves as ‘pharmacy walk-in clinics?’

The Alberta College of Pharmacy has gotten “numerous inquiries” around pharmacies advertising themselves as pharmacy walk-in clinics.