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Dr. Gordon Guyatt recognized, receives $280,000 prize

Knowing his patient was a chain smoker, Montreal family physician Dr. Samir Habib should have talked to him immediately about his lung X-ray results, ruled the Collège des médecins du Québec. That conversation never happened.

The Institute for Safe Medication Practices Canada has created a safety bulletin about how pharmacists can safely use products imported in response to shortages in hospitals.

'Parents are telling me they will be going to the ER because they don’t have other options,' warned Toronto pediatrician Dr. Aviva Lowe.

WHO said it was concerned by the “racist and stigmatizing language'' that arose after monkeypox spread to more than 100 countries. It said numerous individuals and countries asked the organization “to propose a way forward to change the name.''

Japanese drugmaker Eisai and its U.S. partner Biogen had announced earlier this fall that the drug lecanemab appeared to work.

Pharmacy owner Bach Heng Ta dispensed Pregabalin instead of Gabapentin but maintained the prescribed dosage, according to the Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec.

While Premier Danielle Smith has said she hopes the bill does not need to be used, briefing materials provided to reporters show her government is prepared to do so as early as next spring to deal with issues ranging from healthcare to property rights.