Canadian Medical Association Journal

• Naloxone kits should be available in nasal spray, injectable version across Canada: panel

  The medication will not work on someone who has overdosed on stimulants including cocaine, MDMA (ecstasy) and Ritalin, but will not cause harm either.

  Canada

  Sep 8, 2023
  
• Who should get your organs? How assisted death raises hard new questions

  New medical guidance takes aim at a challenging question: should people getting assisted death be able to direct who their organ donations go to?

  Health

  Jul 6, 2023
  
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• Cancer warning labels will go on alcohol bottles in Ireland — a world first

  Ireland will be the first country in the world to put labels on alcohol warning of its reported risk of causing cancer beginning in May 2026.

  Health

  May 22, 2023
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• COVID-19 vaccination rate lower among urban Indigenous people, study shows. Why? 

  Despite prioritization, COVID-19 vaccine uptake for First Nations, Inuit and Métis people in Toronto and London was 20 per cent lower than the overall population, new study shows.

  Health

  Aug 2, 2022
• Early bodychecking doesn’t prevent hockey injuries: U of C study

  Kids at that level who were experienced bodycheckers suffered injuries at a rate more than 2 1/2 times greater than the non-checkers.

  Sports

  Jun 20, 2022
• Ukraine crisis highlights refugee care inequities in Canada: ‘No easy fix’

  “I find it difficult to find an easy fix,” Adèle Garnier, associate professor in the department of geography at University Laval in Quebec, told Global News.

  Canada

  Jun 19, 2022
• Study struggles to explain why Quebec has high COVID death toll but low excess death

  Researchers are having a hard time explaining why Quebec had Canada's highest official COVID-19 death toll despite a relatively low number of excess deaths.

  Health

  May 30, 2022
• Canada’s cancer rates are declining — but advocates want more support amid COVID-19

  Projected data shows there will be an estimated 233,900 new cancer cases and 85,100 cancer deaths in Canada in 2022, according to a new study.

  Health

  May 2, 2022
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• Unvaccinated people increase risk of COVID-19 infection among vaccinated: study

  Even with high immunization rates, unvaccinated people threaten the safety of those who are vaccinated against COVID-19, suggests a new Canadian study.

  Health

  Apr 25, 2022
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• 1st year of COVID-19 pandemic saw fewer Alberta stroke patients, more deaths: study

  The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in Alberta saw fewer stroke patients, but a higher number of stroke-related deaths, according to new research.

  Health

  Mar 28, 2022