Canadian Doctors
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Medical delays from COVID-19 led to more advanced cancer cases, say Canadian doctorsCanadian doctors say they are seeing patients with more advanced stages of cancer than usual – a phenomenon they are attributing to the COVID-19 pandemic.HealthJun 9, 2022
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Canadian doctors, nurses provide medical aid to Ukrainian refugees in PolandThe group is stationed in Poland at a checkpoint where refugees are being given medical care and also warm meals once they cross the border.CanadaMar 19, 2022
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Systemic biases allow gender pay gap to persist in Canadian medicine, study saysThe study's authors used publicly available data to examine the relationship between the proportion of women in a specialty and average earnings across Canada.CanadaAug 31, 2020
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Kingston woman raises donations to provide personal protective equipment to nursesA Kingston woman is taking matters into her own hands by raising funds to purchase masks and personal protective equipment for staff at the Kingston General Hospital.CanadaMar 26, 2020
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Women say they were banned from bringing tampons to Medical Council of Canada exam rooms"It's just a completely disgusting overreach and outrageously invasive."CanadaOct 31, 2018
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‘Like our gift to the Christians’: Non-Christian doctors volunteer to work ChristmasFor millions of Canadians, Christmas brings the perennial promise of turkey, stuffing, and quality time off with family and friends.CanadaDec 17, 2017
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Health Canada says more than 2,000 medically assisted deaths since legalizationHealth Canada said the number of medically assisted deaths has been rising since becoming legal.CanadaOct 7, 2017
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Doctors should be better trained in addiction treatment, says studyA study by the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS is calling for more doctors across Canada to be formally trained to diagnose and treat patients addicted to drugs.HealthAug 17, 2016
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Law that criminalizes HIV promotes spread of disease, doctors sayPutting HIV-positive people in jail for aggravated sexual assault, when sex is consensual and there is often no transmission, only adds to the stigma, says one person living with the virus in Part 2 of our Dose of Reality series.CrimeJun 24, 2014
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