Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Canada shuts Parliament, Trudeau in quarantine, no travel

Canada shut down Parliament and advised against all nonessential travel outside the country Friday while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau governed remotely from his home, in self-imposed quarantine after his wife tested positive ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Canada asks travelers from Iran to self-isolate due to virus

Canada on Monday asked travelers arriving from Iran—one of the countries hardest hit by the new coronavirus epidemic—to self-isolate at home for 14 days, even if they are not exhibiting any symptoms.

Addiction

Mapping international drug use by looking at wastewater

Wastewater-based epidemiology is a rapidly developing scientific discipline with the potential for monitoring close to real-time, population-level trends in illicit drug use. By sampling a known source of wastewater, such ...

Health

Want to cut down on your meds? Your pharmacist can help.

Pharmacists are pivotal in the process of deprescribing risky medications in seniors, leading many to stop taking unnecessary sleeping pills, anti-inflammatories and other drugs, a new Canadian study has found.

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