by CMAJ News | Sep 26, 2019 | Archive, Latest, Lauren Vogel
Medical school weight gain understudied Lauren Vogel | CMAJ | September 26, 2019 Weight gain is common among college students, but what about medical trainees? The Freshman 15 is mostly a myth, but the link between stress eating and weight gain is real and...
by CMAJ News | Sep 25, 2019 | Archive, Latest, Wendy Glauser
Drug pricing apps only as effective as incentives to use them Wendy Glauser | Toronto | September 25, 2019 How apps nudge doctors to prescribe cost-effective medicines can make or break their success, experts say. Applications that nudge doctors to prescribe more...
by CMAJ News | Sep 24, 2019 | Archive, Latest, Sarah Brown
Partnerships between health authorities and Amazon Alexa raise many possibilities — and just as many questions Sarah Brown | Ottawa | September 24, 2019 UK residents can use Amazon Alexa to access medical advice from the website of the National Health Service. Goodbye...
by CMAJ News | Sep 20, 2019 | Archive, Health News Recaps, Roger Collier
Roger Collier | CMAJ | September 20, 2019 There have been four reported cases of severe lung disease in Canada that may be linked to vaping. Three of the cases are in Ontario (one “probable”, two “possible”) and one in British Columbia (“possible”). For every 20...
by CMAJ News | Sep 19, 2019 | Archive, Latest, Marie-Claude Grégoire
Vaping risks for youth continue to emerge Marie-Claude Grégoire | Victoria, BC | September 19, 2019 The popular vaping product Juul has higher nicotine concentrations than older e-cigarettes. A new school year has started and “No Vaping” signs have popped up in middle...
