Over 7,600 children poisoned by prescription Adderall in 2021- up 300% in last two decades
A flood of prescriptions doled out for ADHD medicines in the US led to a 300 percent rise in kids putting themselves at risk by taking too much, Nationwide Children's Hospital doctors said.
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Canada is investigating whether India is linked to the slaying of a Sikh activist
TORONTO — Canada is investigating possible links between the Indian government and the assassination of a Canadian citizen in Canada who was an activist on behalf of an independent Sikh homeland in India, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday. Trudeau said in Parliament that Canadian…#justintrudeau #parliament #hardeepsinghnijjar #khalistan #surrey #britishcolumbia #narendramodi #g20 #modi #ottawa
Source: Reuters: Health - September 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Secondary cases of E. coli grow in aftermath of Calgary outbreak: Alberta Health Services
There are now 348 lab-confirmed cases of E. coli in Calgary following an outbreak at daycares — including 27 secondary cases, up by four since Saturday, Alberta Health Services says.
Source: CBC | Health - September 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Calgary Source Type: news

The anti-glasses influencer who claims she can fix your eyesight - but is slammed as 'harmful' by experts
Samantha Lotus, a self-titled 'holistic master coach' in Canada, said sight problems are caused by 'mental', 'emotional' and 'spiritual' reasons that 'can be healed'.
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Defining opioid na ïve and implications for monitoring opioid use: a population-based study in Alberta, Canada - Lee C, Ye M, Weaver O, Jess E, Gilani F, Samanani S, Eurich DT.
The objective is to summarize current definitions and evaluate their i...
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

New perspectives on how to formulate alcohol drinking guidelines - Shield K, Paradis C, Butt P, Naimi T, Sherk A, Asbridge M, Myran D, Stockwell T, Wells S, Poole N, Heatley J, Hobin E, Thompson K, Young M.
BACKGROUND: Low-Risk Alcohol Drinking Guidelines (LRDGs) aim to reduce the harms caused by alcohol. However, considerable discrepancies exist in the 'low-risk' thresholds employed by different countries. ARGUMENT/ANALYSIS: Drawing upon Canada's LRDGs updat...
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Alcohol and Other Drugs Source Type: news

Paracetamol (acetaminophen) poisoning: the early years - Prescott LF.
Paracetamol (acetaminophen) was marketed in the 1950s as a non-prescription analgesic/antipyretic without any preclinical toxicity studies. It became used increasingly for self-poisoning, particularly in the UK and was belatedly found to cause acute liver ...
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news

Registering cosmetics? The constitution of legal form and injurious substance in Canada (1945-1946) - Tessaro L.
In midcentury Canada, legislative drafters, government lawyers, food and drug officials, and ministers grappled with cosmetics. Faced with constitutional concerns about cosmetic licensing, these actors drafted legislative amendments that would instead requ...
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Home and Consumer Product Safety Source Type: news

The cheapest meat on the market is black meat: notes on racism and obstetric violence against Black women - Saraiva VCDS, Campos DS.
This essay debates health inequalities by analyzing obstetric violence directed at Black women. We assume that institutional racism is an important interpretive key to understanding the dynamics of racial violence. We adopted the descriptive analysis of tw...
Source: SafetyLit - September 18, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Jurisprudence, Laws, Legislation, Policies, Rules Source Type: news

Software Associated with Prescription Drugs: Opportunities to Enhance Safe and Effective Medication Use
FDA has released a draft guidance, “Regulatory Considerations for Prescription Drug-Use-Related Software,” to share the agency’s current thinking on software that accompanies or supplements prescription drugs.
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - September 18, 2023 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: FDA Source Type: news

NSF, international partners, invest $76.4 million in inaugural Global Centers Competition awards
Today, the U.S. National Science Foundation — along with partner funding agencies from Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom — announced awards totaling $76.4 million for the inaugural Global Centers Competition. These international…
Source: NSF News - September 18, 2023 Category: Science Authors: NSF Source Type: news

Regulatory Considerations for Prescription Drug Use-Related Software
Source: FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research - What's New - September 18, 2023 Category: Drugs & Pharmacology Authors: FDA Source Type: news

Trans teens and youth say gender-affirming care is 'life-changing.' So why is it so hard to find in Canada?
Demand for gender-affirming care is becoming more common across the country. But families of youth who want this kind of care — which can range from mental health counselling to hormone replacement therapy or even just learning what treatments are available — say the wait is too long. Doctors say more physicians and nurses are keen to help and providing this care is just a matter of training.
Source: CBC | Health - September 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news

Canada ' s BMO to close indirect retail auto finance business, flags job losses
is winding down its indirect retail auto finance business and shifting focus to other areas in a move that will result in an unspecified number of job losses, Canada's third-largest bank said. The bank, which announced the move on Saturday, has conducted this business in Canada and the United…#bankofmontreal #bmo #paulhunsley #edwardjones #jamesshanahan #bankofcanada #bankofwest
Source: Reuters: Health - September 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Keir Starmer steps on to global stage with promise of ‘progressive moment’
25 years after Blair and Clinton proclaimed the ‘Third Way’, Labour leader joined centre-left counterparts at Canada summit#labour
Source: Reuters: Health - September 18, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

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