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Ontario to end funding to at least 2 drug consumption sites in Toronto
The Ontario government has served notice it will end funding to at least two drug consumption sites in Toronto. Source link
Blood-thinning drug Eliquis likely safer for patients with deep blood clots, study suggests
A trial directly comparing two commonly used blood-thinning drugs found that one carries a lower risk of dangerous bleeding in patients with clots in veins deep in the body, researchers reported in the New England Journal of Medicine. Source link
Dartmouth doctor’s invention featured in hit medical drama The Pitt
The Ring Rescue appeared in the latest episode of the HBO series after one of the device’s inventors, Dr. Kevin Spencer, met the show’s lead actor, Noah Wyle, and producers at a medical trade show last year. Source link
Canada's hospital emergency rooms have hit a breaking point. Is it the new normal?
Hospital emergency rooms are overflowing, resulting in patients being treated in storage rooms and hallways as they wait days for a bed. Doctors say it’s happening against a backdrop of behind-the-scenes backlogs, access issues and an aging population that are all impacting the flow of patients through the health-care system. Source link
Alberta hospitals must admit patients to prevent ER backlogs, says review into Edmonton man's death
To help prevent a backlog of patients in emergency rooms, Alberta hospitals should not cap the number of patients who can be admitted to wards, says a review completed in the wake of a 44-year-old Edmonton man’s death in an ER. Source link
Manitoba Health Minister says banning paid plasma an option after 2 deaths
Paid plasma could be banned in Manitoba, the province’s health minister said after two fatal adverse reactions at Winnipeg collection centres were reported to Health Canada. Source link
How remote First Nations are working with Ornge to improve medical transportation
A new program in remote First Nations across northwestern Ontario aims to improve access to medical transportation and emergency medical service training. Communities are leading the emergency first response team (EFRT) program in partnership with the air ambulance service Ornge. Here’s how the EFRT aims to improve health-care access in fly-in First Nations. Source link
Drunk Mom author became the 'poster girl for sobriety' — but struggled secretly with relapse
Toronto author Jowita Bydlowska had told the world how she got sober in her 2013 bestselling memoir Drunk Mom. What she didn’t expect was having to write about relapsing over a decade later. Source link
Wave of overdoses in London after police say driver may be giving out toxic drugs for free
London police are looking for a person driving around the city’s downtown who was allegedly handing out drugs to people who subsequently overdosed after consuming them. Source link