by CMAJ News | Jun 22, 2018 | archive, Lauren Vogel, recaps
Lauren Vogel | CMAJ | June 22, 2018 Canada became the second country to legalize recreational marijuana use. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said legal pot sales will begin October 17 to give provinces time to implement rules and retail systems. Nearly 4000 Canadians...
by CMAJ News | Jun 21, 2018 | archive, homepage
Medical students risk disappointment when applying to both Canada and US for residency Dr. Mohsin Ali | Boston, Massachusetts | June 21, 2018 Medical students who apply for residencies in both Canada and US are automatically withdrawn from the US match if they first...
by CMAJ News | Jun 20, 2018 | archive, homepage, Lauren Vogel
Sexual harassment rampant in science and worst in medicine, says report Lauren Vogel | CMAJ | June 20, 2018 Rigid hierarchies and male domination compounds the problem of sexual harassment in scientific fields. Women face frequent sexual harassment in science, and...
by CMAJ News | Jun 19, 2018 | archive, featured, Lauren Vogel
Trump administration shutters clinical guidelines database Lauren Vogel | CMAJ | June 19, 2018 Clinicians and health policy makers will soon lose a key source of evidence-based advice. The United States government has defunded the Agency for Healthcare Research and...
by CMAJ News | Jun 15, 2018 | archive, recaps, Roger Collier
Roger Collier | CMAJ | June 15, 2018 Half of cases of colorectal cancer in Canada are diagnosed after the disease has already spread and could have been caught earlier through screening, according to a report by the Canadian Cancer Society. The five-year survival rate...
by CMAJ News | Jun 14, 2018 | archive, homepage, Lauren Vogel
Physician health charter calls on health systems, organizations to share responsibility for burnout Lauren Vogel | CMAJ | June 14, 2018 Dissatisfaction, burnout, depression and suicide in medicine are everyone’s problem, say physician health experts. Reducing high...
