Golf cart injuries are on the rise, Toronto doctors warn, and many incidents involve drivers under the influence of alcohol or children not wearing seat belts. In a commentary published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), health professionals at Unity Health Toronto found that injuries involving golf carts can be serious and even fatal. They urge governments to …
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The Nobel Prize for Medicine goes to American biologists who discovered microRNA
The Nobel Prize in Medicine was awarded on Monday to the Americans Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkun for their discovery of microRNA, a fundamental principle that determines how gene activity is regulated. The Nobel Assembly of the Karolinska Institute, which presented the prize, said the duo’s discovery “proves to be fundamental” for understanding how organisms develop and function. MicroRNA has …
Read More »Thunder Bay pharmacy, 2 pharmacists face disciplinary hearings by Ontario regulator
A Thunder Bay pharmacy and two pharmacists are facing disciplinary hearings with Ontario’s profession regulator. Jaspreet Sahota is alleged to have engaged in proprietary misconduct while working as the designated manager and director of Fort William Medical Pharmacy, the Ontario College of Pharmacists (OCP) public records hearing said. Chi Luu, who also goes by the name Hao, is alleged to …
Read More »A child in Brantford, Ontario, dies of rabies after contact with a bat, a health official says
A child from the Brantford, Ont., region has died of rabies, a local medical officer of health says. Dr. Malcolm Lock of the Haldimand-Norfolk Health Unit told councilors at a health board meeting Wednesday that the child was exposed to the virus in the Timiskaming area, just north of Sudbury. “They woke up to a bat in their room,” Lock …
Read More »Cindy Ouellet among Canadian Paralympians on a mission to influence the medical world
Cindy Ouellet is determined to build a new hip for herself. The six-time Paralympian, who will soon begin her PhD in neuroscience at Laval University, plans to create a prosthesis that is more technologically advanced and comfortable to wear than her current figure. Ouellet is among a handful of Paralympians on a mission to impact the medical world. All of …
Read More »‘I have no options’: Canadians criticize lack of Novavax COVID shot – National
The federal government’s decision not to provide Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine this season is raising concerns about health care equity, experts and advocates say, as some Canadians look to the U.S. for the shot. The Public Health Agency of Canada said it will not supply the protein-based vaccine called Nuvaxovid because the manufacturer required a minimum order that far exceeds last …
Read More »Marburg virus: What Canadians need to know after fear spreads in Germany – National
German emergency workers in full protective gear shut down two railway lines at Hamburg’s main station on Wednesday after two passengers were suspected of having contracted the deadly Marburg virus. A 26-year-old medical student and his girlfriend developed flu-like symptoms during a train journey from Frankfurt. according to local reports. The train was evacuated after health authorities suspected they had …
Read More »Getting fitness tips on social media can be harmful, but it doesn’t have to be that way
This story is part of CBC Health’s Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers on Saturday mornings. If you have not yet subscribed, you can do so via click here. Tripods and cameras are scattered among the weights and benches at a Mississauga gym. It’s common to find fitness influencers at First Health …
Read More »Supermarket giants are fighting Health Canada’s nicotine pouch rules
Convenience store companies that operate thousands of retail outlets across Canada are taking the federal government to court to overturn regulations limiting the sale of nicotine pouches to pharmacies. Mac’s Convenience Stores Inc. and Couche-Tard Inc., both subsidiaries of Quebec-based Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., claim in a federal court filing that Health Canada’s rules restricting the sale of nicotine pouches to …
Read More »Imperial Oil must pay a hefty fine for the 2021 oil spill that made residents sick
One of Canada’s largest oil companies, Imperial Oil Ltd., has been ordered by Ontario to pay $1.125 million for an oil spill in Sarnia, Ont. a place in April 2021 that made local residents sick. The fine, imposed by the Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks, is the heaviest fine under the Environmental Protection Act made public since 2007. It’s …
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