by CMAJ News | Feb 28, 2017 | Archive, Latest, Paul Webster
Bringing homeless deaths to light A Toronto study will provide data on the causes of death among homeless people Paul Webster | Toronto, ON | Feb. 28, 2017 After dinner in the basement hall of St. Patrick’s Church in central Toronto, volunteers with Out of the Cold...
by CMAJ News | Feb 24, 2017 | Archive, Health News Recaps, Roger Collier
Roger Collier | CMAJ | Feb. 24, 2017 Almost 130 000 Canadians are registered with licensed producers of medical marijuana, according to Health Canada. Only 7900 Canadians had legal access to medical cannabis in mid-2014. The federal government is considering...
by CMAJ News | Feb 23, 2017 | Archive, Carolyn Brown, Latest
WHO veteran heads up Canadian public health Carolyn Brown | Ottawa, Ontario | Feb 23, 2017 How international health emergencies are handled holds lessons for Canadian public health on a range of fronts, from infectious diseases to opioid misuse. That’s the view of Dr....
by CMAJ News | Feb 22, 2017 | Archive, Latest, Lauren Vogel
HPV not just a young woman’s problem Some still underestimate HPV risks for men and older women, despite a surge in related oral and anal cancers Lauren Vogel | CMAJ | Feb. 22, 2017 Many Canadians may not be vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) because their...
by CMAJ News | Feb 21, 2017 | Archive, Latest, Lauren Vogel
Lauren Vogel | CMAJ | Feb. 21, 2017 Parliamentarians debated the impact of a European trade deal on drug prices, legislation to streamline approval of safe-injection sites, and measures to combat genetic discrimination in recent sittings of the House of Commons....
