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Ontario switches to cheaper drug options for autoimmune diseases
Ontario is the latest province to switch to cheaper, similar drug options for people with autoimmune diseases like Crohn's and arthritis. While the government expects millions in savings from the change, some patients and doctors worry...
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Amazon Offering Prescription Service for Prime Members
Amazon Offering Prescription Service for Prime Members
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Brussels to present plans to avoid medicine shortages as Europe suffers from lack of supply
The situation is considered critical in most European countries, but according to Steffen Thirstrup, Chief Medical Officer at the European Medicines Agency (EMA), people should not start stockpiling medicines.
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Ozempic for weight loss: What's known about the potential and the risks
Questions are swirling around the use of semaglutide, commonly sold under the brand name Ozempic, for weight loss. CBC’s Christine Birak explores the risks and benefits of off-label uses of the drug, which is traditionally used to treat...
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Ozempic for weight loss: wonder drug or diet fad?
Questions are swirling around the use of semaglutide, commonly sold under the brand name Ozempic, for weight loss. CBC’s Christine Birak explores the risks and benefits of off-label uses of the drug, which is traditionally used to treat...
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Ontario expands access to Paxlovid
Epidemiologist Dr. Christopher Labos discusses the benefits of allowing Ontario pharmacists to prescribe the antiviral drug Paxlovid to treat COVID-19 as of Dec 12.
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New Alzheimer's drug shows promise in slowing disease
For the first time, a new drug is showing promise in slowing the progression of Alzheimer’s in its early stages, potentially buying more time for those diagnosed with the disease.
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Libya’s health crisis: Cancer patients suffer amid lack of resour
While Libya has a universal healthcare system, many public hospitals neither have the resources nor staff to provide ade
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Shortage of children's painkillers causes anxiety for parents
Parents across Canada are growing increasingly anxious as a shortage of children's painkillers that began this summer shows no signs of easing.
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Diabetes Drug Ozempic Becomes TikTok Weight-Loss Trend, Causes Shortage for Patients
Dietician and CEO of NY Nutrition Group, Lisa Moskovitz, breaks down the latest weight loss trend, why people are using diabetes drug Ozempic to lose weight, and how it's impacting diabetes patients by causing a nationwide shortage.
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Caregivers, hospitals grappling with shortage of children’s fever and pain medicine
Over-the-counter children's fever and pain medicine is in short supply across Canada, prompting some hospitals to recommend getting a prescription just to be safe. However, pharmacists are telling caregivers not to panic and to stop...
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Children’s fever and pain medicine shortage not a cause for panic, pharmacists say
Over-the-counter children's fever and pain medicine is in short supply across Canada, prompting some hospitals to recommend getting a prescription just in case. However, pharmacists are telling caregivers not to panic and to stop...
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Millions of Canadians try to stay cool during heat wave
Environment Canada has issued heat warnings for millions living in Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and P.E.I., with residents doing their best to stay cool.
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Alto Pharmacy Raises $200 Million to Disrupt Retail Pharmacy Market
Healthtech startup Alto Pharmacy announced in January it raised $200 million in a Series E round led by Softbank Vision Fund. Alto operates a digital pharmacy that offers services from hand-delivering medications for free, to offering...
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Tam on access to COVID-19 antiviral pill
Canada's Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam discusses how provinces should distribute the COVID-19 antiviral pill, Paxlovid.
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Job tasks that can't be taken over by computers
Tricia Williams, the director of research, evaluation and knowledge mobilization at Ryerson University's Future Skills Centre, says automation won't be able to take over job tasks that involve human interaction and require people skills.
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How might patients access the COVID-19 antiviral pill?
Infectious diseases specialists Dr. Susy Hota and Dr. Isaac Bogoch talk about how people might be able to access the new COVID-19 antiviral pill, Paxlovid, and how it could impact the health-care system.
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Health Canada approves Pfizer's oral COVID treatment
Dr. Supriya Sharma, chief medical adviser to the deputy minister of health, announces Canada's approval of a new prescription COVID treatment.
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Quebec doctor travels to Poland to treat Ukrainian refugees
Dr. Julien Auger from Quebec is treating Ukrainian refugees who have crossed the border at Hrebenne, Poland. He says he's seen people who haven't eaten or drunk anything in 24 hours and others who have waited up to 14 hours at the border.
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Merck antiviral for COVID-19 should be seen with caution, says specialist
Merck's new antiviral pill for COVID-19 may be of some help once it is approved by health regulators, says Montreal cardiologist Dr. Christopher Labos, but he'swary of the term 'game changer.' (Merck & Co.)
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Specialist touts vaccines as Merck antiviral pill moves to U.S. regulators
Merck's new antiviral pill for COVID-19 may be of some help once it is approved by health regulators, says Montreal cardiologist Dr. Christopher Labos, but he's wary of the term 'game changer.' (Merck & Co.)
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Sudan: Pharmacies struggle to get hold of medication
Pharmaceutical importers say since the currency devaluation, some medicines have become too expensive to bring into Sudan.
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Acetaminophen during pregnancy could affect fetal development, researchers say
Pregnant people should take care when using pain killers like acetaminophen as the drug could alter fetal development, according to a group of researchers in the medical journal Nature Reviews Endocrinology. medicine, health, drugs, cbc...
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Vaccines don’t reduce the worry, risk for immunocompromised people
Even after vaccination, people with compromised immune systems still live with worry because COVID-19 vaccines don’t seem to offer much protection.