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Medical specialists break away from OMA at “worst possible time” warns Quebec specialist group
The plan by several medical specialist groups to break away from the Ontario Medical Association (OMA) and negotiate directly with the provincial government may be the…
A decade of improving food security around the world
Five ways the Canadian International Food Security Research Fund transformed lives For almost 10 years, the Canadian International Food Security Research Fund has been supporting projects to improve…
Gun violence is an epidemic and “we solve epidemics with medicine, not politics”
Canadian doctors have joined their American colleagues in declaring that the medical profession has a duty to address firearms safety. The topic has received much attention…
Ivy Asks… How do they forecast the weather?
Ivy wanted to know how they predict the weather, so she asked a meteorologist at Environment Canada, then set up a CoCoRaHS rain gauge in our…
New Brunswick seeks better system for physician recruitment to rural areas
Doctors in New Brunswick are happy with the provincial government’s new plan to do away with the unpopular billing-number system that controls where, and how many,…
Biomedical research is becoming more open about its funding and data
More journal articles are now including statements about conflicts of interest and data sharing. Biomedical research is shifting to become more open and transparent by providing…