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Family doctors’ out-of-office passions
A baker, a sommelier and an astronaut candidate—all in one Canadian city.
Operating room conditions in Yellowknife hospital are 'unsustainable': nurses
Tina Drew, president of Local 11 with the union, says one nurse recently worked more than a 20-hour shift, and it's not exceptional circumstance.

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'Out of necessity': New patients will need to pay $1,320 a year at this B.C. clinic

Beta Therapeutics isn't the first in the province to go this route. A family physician at another clinic, Perpetual Health Centre, is charging new patients $125 a month starting Nov. 1.
5 doctors plead guilty in West Virginia in pain pill scheme

The scheme was tied to the Hope Clinic and involved prescribing oxycodone and other controlled substances that weren't for legitimate medical purposes from 2010 to 2015.
When 'test and isolate' isn't good enough: Why patients at high risk for severe COVID need a better plan

Many in extra vulnerable patient cohorts, like those with heart disease and diabetes, don't realize they're at elevated risk of experiencing severe disease. What can doctors and pharmacists do to help?
CADTH is launching a new Post-Market Drug Evaluation Program

The new program will offer governments and other stakeholders more information about the long-term effectiveness and safety of drugs on the market.
Pralsetinib: a promising new drug in the treatment of cancer

With an ongoing phase 3 study, pralsetinib seems to be a promising candidate for the treatment of different types of cancer because of the presence of oncogenic rearranged during transfection) fusions.
Inside the decision to extend FP training

Many family doctors remain concerned about the CFPC’s decision to extend family medicine training from two years to three.
Troubled transition: Pharmacist failed to do proper handoff, gets 2-year ban, more than $17K in costs

The pharmacist in charge's failures resulted in, among other things, a relief pharmacist scrambling to future out how to obtain an opioid antagonist maintenance treatment permit while patients waited at the pharmacy for the treatment.