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Physician offers 8 simple steps to bolster a strong immune system

As winter comes to a close, the threat of cold and flu season still looms large, putting our immune systems…

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Health

Physician assistants approved to work in a B.C. hospital for the 1st time

Physician assistants are making history at the Saanich Peninsula Hospital on Vancouver Island as the first of their profession to…

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US Election 2024

Physician governor lobbies against RFK Jr’s nomination on Capitol Hill

Hawaii’s Democratic Governor and practicing physician, Josh Green, is making his voice heard on Capitol Hill this week as he…

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Health

Manitoba doctor accused of defrauding another physician by faking cancer, lying to college

When Dr. Meaghan Labine met Monica Kehar in 2018, they almost instantly became friends. The two women had been elected…

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Health

Hundreds of Alberta seniors face losing doctor home visits as debate about physician fees heats up

Shirley Bremault was shocked when she found out the family doctor who visits her Calgary retirement community once a week is closing up shop…

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Nova Scotia

N.S. Health expands efforts to get physician assistants into primary care

An effort to place physician assistants with primary care practices around the province takes more work than assigning them to…

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Health

Facing a severe physician shortage, feds to offer loan forgiveness for some doctors, nurses

In a bid to increase the number of doctors and nurses practising in rural and remote areas, the federal government announced…

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Halifax

Atlantic Physician Registry earns regulatory modernization award from CFIB

CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. — A joint effort by the Atlantic provinces to ease the burden of cross-provincial work for the region’s…

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Canada

Canada’s first South Asian physician, Dr. Gurdev Singh Gill, dies at 92

Canada’s first-ever South Asian physician died at 92 in New Westminster, B.C., last Sunday. Dr. Gurdev Singh Gill made history in 1958 when…

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Halifax

Health officials field pointed queries on physician retention, ER closures in N.S.

Health officials made best efforts Tuesday to tout improvements in doctor retention and ER closures in Nova Scotia. The Liberal…

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