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Fewer medical students going into family medicine contributing to doctor shortage

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by Peter Szperling

1d ago

As some family doctors are retiring and others are moving away from family medicine, there are fewer medical students to take their place ..read more

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Calls grow louder for changes to decriminalization in B.C.

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by Robert Buffam

1d ago

Backlash to decriminalization dominated question period Monday in the B.C. legislature, with the Official Opposition BC United and BC Conservatives calling for the province to end the three-year pilot project ..read more

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Quebec-based research initiative explores innovations in rural health care

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by Greg Basky for the Canadian Medical Association

1d ago

Due to long distances and under-resourcing, trauma patients in rural Quebec are three times more likely to die before hospital admission than their urban counterparts. But a program called Living Lab Charlevoix is bringing medical students and residents to the north shore of the St. Lawrence River to change that ..read more

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Alzheimer's drug adoption in U.S. slowed by doctors' skepticism

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by Reuters

2d ago

Nine months into the U.S. launch of the first drug proven to slow the advance of Alzheimer's, Eisai and Biogen's Leqembi is facing an unexpected hurdle to widespread use: an entrenched belief among some doctors that treating the memory-robbing disease is futile ..read more

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Doctors ask Liberal government to reconsider capital gains tax change

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by The Canadian Press

2d ago

The Canadian Medical Association is asking the federal government to reconsider its proposed changes to capital gains taxation, arguing it will affect doctors' retirement savings ..read more

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Studies show forever chemicals are found in much of Canada's water. Have they impacted you?

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by Charlie Buckley

2d ago

Share your story by emailing us at dotcom@bellmedia.ca with your name, general location and phone number in case we want to follow up. Your comments may be used in a CTVNews.ca story ..read more

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First responders to get mental health counselling, Manitoba government says

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by The Canadian Press

2d ago

The Manitoba government is funding mental health support for first responders, following the recent death of a Winnipeg firefighter ..read more

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Have forever chemicals in water impacted you? We want to hear about it

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by Charlie Buckley

2d ago

Share your story by emailing us at dotcom@bellmedia.ca with your name, general location and phone number in case we want to follow up. Your comments may be used in a CTVNews.ca story ..read more

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First Nations patients more likely to leave ER without getting care, study says

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by The Canadian Press

2d ago

First Nations patients are more likely to leave Alberta emergency departments before receiving care than other patients, and anti-Indigenous racism is a significant reason why, a new study says ..read more

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Which foods have the most plastics? You may be surprised

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by CNN

3d ago

'How much plastic will you have for dinner, sir? And you, ma'am?' While that may seem like a line from a satirical skit on Saturday Night Live, research is showing it's much too close to reality ..read more

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