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An ER doctor’s experience with long COVID – “My symptoms seemed endless”

On April 2022, another COVID wave was sweeping Toronto. It was the sixth since the March 2020 declaration of a pandemic due to the spread of the coronavirus. Restrictions and mask mandates in schools had been lifted after a decidedly unpopular delay in return to...

Tackling the issue of unused medication waste

When patients and programs don’t use all the medication that is prescribed, it is often incinerated, creating pharmaceutical waste. “Within our pharmacy teams, we often discuss the different approaches our hospitals take with recycling oral solid medications, and we are concerned about the impact when...

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An ER doctor’s experience with long COVID – “My symptoms seemed endless”

On April 2022, another COVID wave was sweeping Toronto. It was the sixth since...

Tackling the issue of unused medication waste

When patients and programs don’t use all the medication that is prescribed, it is...

Obesity a risk factor for stillbirth, especially at term

Obesity is a risk factor for stillbirth, and the risk increases as pregnancy advances...

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