by CMAJ News | Jun 28, 2019 | Archive, Health News Recaps, Lauren Vogel
Lauren Vogel | CMAJ | June 28, 2019 Health Canada will require hospitals to report serious adverse events involving drugs and medical devices within 30 days. Under rules to come into force soon, hospitals must report how the drug or device was used, contributing...
by CMAJ News | Jun 27, 2019 | Archive, Latest, Lauren Vogel
Cannabis edibles already harming kids, new data show Lauren Vogel | CMAJ | June 27, 2019 Six young children were hospitalized last year because they ate cannabis products belonging to parents or grandparents. More than a dozen children suffered serious or...
by CMAJ News | Jun 26, 2019 | Archive, Latest, Lauren Vogel
Pediatricians urge federal action on pharmacare and gun control Lauren Vogel | CMAJ | June 26, 2019 Firearm injuries are a public health emergency, says the Canadian Paediatric Society. With the federal election approaching, the Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS) is...
by CMAJ News | Jun 24, 2019 | Archive, Latest, Lauren Vogel
One in five hospitalized children is malnourished Lauren Vogel | CMAJ | June 24, 2019 Few hospitals screen children for malnutrition. Many Canadian children are malnourished and lose weight in hospital without doctors recognizing the problem, experts warned at the...
by CMAJ News | Jun 21, 2019 | Archive, Health News Recaps, Roger Collier
Roger Collier | CMAJ | June 21, 2019 Seniors comprised 16% of Canada’s population in 2015–16 but received nearly a third of health services provided by doctors, stated a report by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada based on 216 million medical...