November 16, 2022 Lung/Respiratory Disease Pneumococcal Vaccine Uptake Remains Low Among Vulnerable Canadians
November 10, 2022 Cardiovascular Diesase New one-stop 83-item guideline to managing heart disease in Canadians needs to be automated and incorporated into EMRs to maximize use by primary care physicians.
October 13, 2022 Prevention and Screening 400,000 fewer mammograms performed during pandemic: Ontario Medical Association
September 15, 2022 Dementia Too many limitations to this study to conclude that multivitamins can slow cognitive decline. Also seem mostly in people with cardiovascular disease. Maybe their medications contributed to this result too?
September 13, 2022 Lung/Respiratory Disease Researchers present a potential test to predict a baby’s asthma risk in their first year of life and the preventive treatments that can follow.
September 8, 2022 Apps and diagnosis Blood test for ALS undergoing trials for efficacy. If successful, how will this change the management of an untreatable (presently) terminal disease? It could provide an increased lead time to prepare support services.
August 31, 2022 General information New alcohol drinking guidelines produced by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction recommends people consider drink limits to two per week (the lowest risk category) to minimize cancer risk and other alcohol-related diseases.
August 29, 2022 Cardiovascular Diesase Study shows that post MI use of polypill combination of ASA, ACE-inhibitor, and statin as opposed to individual pill forms improved secondary prevention outcomes due to better adherence to treatment.
August 24, 2022 Health Policy Clear communication about vaccine scheduling and messaging needs to be clear to reduce rates of vaccine fatigue according to study, maybe. The proverbial horse can be brought to the water but you know the rest.
August 22, 2022 Epidemiology CDC urges polio vaccination as it has been detected in wastewater samples in and around New York City.
