by CMAJ News | Oct 18, 2019 | archive, Lauren Vogel, recaps
Lauren Vogel | CMAJ | October 18, 2019 About 220,000 fewer people were taking opioids in British Columbia, Saskatchewan and Ontario last year than in 2013, the Canadian Institute for Health Information reported. Some 175,000 fewer people were started on opioids, and...
by CMAJ News | Oct 17, 2019 | archive, Brian Owens, homepage
Liberals promise family doctors for all but is it realistic? Brian Owens | St. Stephen, NB | October 17, 2019 Providing a family physician for every Canadian would be a difficult feat to accomplish, say health workforce experts. A major plank of the Liberal Party’s...
by CMAJ News | Oct 15, 2019 | archive, featured, Wendy Glauser
Is the culture of medicine contributing to miscarriages among female physicians? Wendy Glauser | Toronto | October 15, 2019 Some doctors are worried about the effects on pregnancy of long hours and night shifts. When Dr. Ayesha Khan had a miscarriage after years of...
by CMAJ News | Oct 11, 2019 | archive, recaps, Roger Collier
Roger Collier | CMAJ | October 11, 2019 The popularity of vaping among youth could lead to “a resurgence in smoking — reversing decades of progress and creating new public health problems,” according to a statement from the Council of Chief Medical Officers of Health....
by CMAJ News | Oct 10, 2019 | archive, homepage, Tim Lougheed
How “digital therapeutics” differ from traditional health and wellness apps Tim Lougheed | Bath, Ontario | October 10, 2019 Digital therapeutic products are more sophisticated than simple health tracking apps. The term “digital therapeutics” may sound like Silicon...
by CMAJ News | Oct 9, 2019 | archive, homepage, Lauren Vogel
Medical students give lower marks to training in some specialties Lauren Vogel | CMAJ | October 9, 2019 More than 1 in 10 graduating medical students ranked their training in obstetrics, surgery, pediatrics and psychiatry as fair or poor. Graduating Canadian medical...
