CMA urges national action to curb third wave of COVID-19
Healthcare resources including vaccines should be redeployed to provinces that need them most, according to the Canadian Medical Association.
How can clinicians counter viral misinformation?
American misinformation is driving Canada’s infodemic, according to McGill University researchers.
Should Canada’s approach to COVID-19 and kids change with new variants?
Children and younger adults appear to be playing a bigger role in the spread of new variants of SARS-CoV-2 than previously circulating strains.
Time to embrace Dr. Google?
Searching symptoms online may not be as harmful as some feared.
Hospitals grappling with nurse exodus
Emergency departments are struggling to retain and replace experienced nurses.
Senior care costs and demand will nearly double in the next decade
The pandemic has laid bare the fragility of Canada’s senior care systems, but also opportunities to strengthen them.
Dr. Alika Lafontaine reimagines the narrative of medicine
As the first Indigenous nominee for president of the Canadian Medical Association, Dr. Alika Lafontaine aims to open the profession to new possibilities.
How can Canada safeguard those marginalized by society as MAID expands?
The passage of Bill C7 opens up access to medical aid in dying, along with new challenges for health professionals.
Canadian physicians frustrated with vaccine rollout
Three in five physicians surveyed by the Canadian Medical Association cited concerns about Canada’s vaccine rollout as a stressor.
Protecting the brain against bad news
Training the brain to look on the bright side may counter doomscrolling.
Doctors repurposing medical devices and apps for COVID-19
Canadian researchers are experimenting with new ways to triage and monitor patients with COVID-19.
Why doesn’t sleep advice talk about sex?
A big O may help people catch Zs, but research and guidelines have tended to overlook sex as a potential sleep aid.
New national consortium to tackle anti-Indigenous racism in medical education
A new Indigenous-led consortium will work together on anti-racism efforts across Canada’s medical schools.
Unpacking “long COVID”
Experts met recently to define COVID-19’s long-term consequences, but a global consensus may take time to pin down.
Health advocates want help handling online harassment
Physicians active on social media often face harassment linked to their public health advocacy.
Canada’s long road to a vaccine injury compensation program
The federal government is still negotiating a promised vaccine injury compensation program with the provinces and territories.
Time for better masks?
Canada and the United States have lagged on securing supplies of high-quality masks for their populations while other countries are distributing and mandating them widely.
Reconciliation in health care must go beyond cultural sensitivity
Sharing power and resources, and making space for cultural practices and arts, are crucial for healing, say experts.
Frozen grief at the frontlines of the pandemic
Pandemic precautions are disrupting the ways doctors and nurses cope with the deaths of patients.
Quebec doctor’s death highlights pandemic toll on health workers
The pandemic has compounded workloads for already burned-out and overworked health professionals.
Women experts underrepresented in pandemic coverage
Two-thirds of the sources interviewed by major Canadian news outlets since the beginning of the pandemic were men.
CMA urges national action to curb third wave of COVID-19
Healthcare resources including vaccines should be redeployed to provinces that need them most, according to the Canadian Medical Association.
How can clinicians counter viral misinformation?
American misinformation is driving Canada’s infodemic, according to McGill University researchers.
Should Canada’s approach to COVID-19 and kids change with new variants?
Children and younger adults appear to be playing a bigger role in the spread of new variants of SARS-CoV-2 than previously circulating strains.
Time to embrace Dr. Google?
Searching symptoms online may not be as harmful as some feared.
Hospitals grappling with nurse exodus
Emergency departments are struggling to retain and replace experienced nurses.
Senior care costs and demand will nearly double in the next decade
The pandemic has laid bare the fragility of Canada’s senior care systems, but also opportunities to strengthen them.
How can medicine close its gender pay gap?
Pay transparency and diverse representation on hiring committees are first steps to levelling the financial playing field in medicine.
Dr. Alika Lafontaine reimagines the narrative of medicine
As the first Indigenous nominee for president of the Canadian Medical Association, Dr. Alika Lafontaine aims to open the profession to new possibilities.
How can Canada safeguard those marginalized by society as MAID expands?
The passage of Bill C7 opens up access to medical aid in dying, along with new challenges for health professionals.
Canadian physicians frustrated with vaccine rollout
Three in five physicians surveyed by the Canadian Medical Association cited concerns about Canada’s vaccine rollout as a stressor.
Protecting the brain against bad news
Training the brain to look on the bright side may counter doomscrolling.
Doctors repurposing medical devices and apps for COVID-19
Canadian researchers are experimenting with new ways to triage and monitor patients with COVID-19.
Why doesn’t sleep advice talk about sex?
A big O may help people catch Zs, but research and guidelines have tended to overlook sex as a potential sleep aid.
New national consortium to tackle anti-Indigenous racism in medical education
A new Indigenous-led consortium will work together on anti-racism efforts across Canada’s medical schools.
Unpacking “long COVID”
Experts met recently to define COVID-19’s long-term consequences, but a global consensus may take time to pin down.
Health advocates want help handling online harassment
Physicians active on social media often face harassment linked to their public health advocacy.
Canada’s long road to a vaccine injury compensation program
The federal government is still negotiating a promised vaccine injury compensation program with the provinces and territories.
Time for better masks?
Canada and the United States have lagged on securing supplies of high-quality masks for their populations while other countries are distributing and mandating them widely.
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