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Canadian Safer Opioid Supply Program Improves Outcomes

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A harm-reduction initiative reduced emergency department visits, hospitalizations, and healthcare costs among participants with opioid use disorder. Medscape Medical News
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New children's palliative care service for the East launched

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Canada Ends Restrictions; Florida Hospitals Start to Evacuate; FDA's 'Unholy Birth'

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Note that some links may require subscriptions. Canada will lift all COVID-19 restrictions for travelers beginning October 1. In some lactating women, trace amounts of mRNA...
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Climber who suffered broken back and had to relearn how to walk conquers the Alps just a year later

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City of Melbourne reintroduces outdoor dining fees in unanimous vote

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Uganda's Ebola outbreak: Trainee doctors go on strike over safety fears

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Trainee nurses, pharmacists and doctors at a Ugandan hospital fear their lives are being put at risk.
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Rollercoaster found safe to reopen after woman critically injured

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The Melbourne Royal Show says all rides have undergone stringent compliance inspections and have passed all the required safety documentation. The injured woman remains in...
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Successful implementation strategy to scale-up PEWS for children with cancer

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Pediatric Early Warning Systems -;bedside tools used by nurses to assess the health of hospitalized children and identify urgent medical issues-; are not widely used in...
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Jet Lag Treatment Cheat Sheet

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Leducq Foundation awards $15 million to advance the understanding of...

The Leducq Foundation has awarded $15 million to researchers at UVA Health and their collaborators to advance our understanding of atherosclerosis, or hardening of the... Read more ...

Patient's education level and cognitive function may affect the completion...

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Post-Transplant Diabetes Can Be Predicted in Kidney Recipients

Combined family history and early postoperative plasma glucose, but not glycated albumin, predicted post-transplant diabetes mellitus in kidney recipients in a new study. First... Read more ...

USPSTF reaffirms syphilis screening recommendation

Citing an increase in the incidence of syphilis infections over the past 2 decades, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has reaffirmed its recommendation to screen those at... Read more ...

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Results of a recently released poll revealed that 77% of small business owners said they have prioritized mental health since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey was... Read more ...

Biden unveils plan for mandatory traffic light nutrition labels on all food...

All food and drink sold in stores or supermarkets would need to carry a warning over fat, salt and sugar content under the system. Red would highlight the worst products. Read more ...

Study tries to see if child vaccines and asthma are linked

A federally funded study has found a possible link between aluminum in some childhood vaccines and persistent asthma, but experts say the study has several shortcomings Read more ...