May

It is nearly impossible to keep up with the volume of medical literature published in your areas of interest and expertise without some help. Read by QxMD is part of the College Library’s growing collection of apps that support evidence-based clinical practice, and it provides a single easy-to-use interface that allows you to stay current in your personal and professional areas of interest.

The Laboratory Services Act (LSA) came into effect on 1 October 2015. The LSA replaces the Medicare Protection Act (MPA) and the Hospital Insurance Act as the authority for insuring laboratory services. It consolidates responsibilities for the governance, funding, and service delivery oversight of all publicly funded laboratory services in the province.

While the enrolment, auditing, and patterns of practice of referring practitioners remain under the MPA, the LSA reinforces an item of particular significance to physicians in Section 54: Recovery from referring practitioner.

Physicians often see patients who have no immunization records or whose records are incomplete. These may include immigrants, refugees, and sometimes health care workers. It may be possible to retrieve these records from a previous health care provider or public health unit in another province, but if records cannot be obtained the generally recommended approach is to offer the routinely recommended vaccines appropriate for the patient’s age group, as one would for an unvaccinated individual.

The health benefits of physical activity have been documented since ancient times, beginning more than 2000 years ago when Hippocrates highlighted the importance of active living.[1] Today irrefutable evidence indicates that habitual physical activity reduces premature mortality and is an effective primary and secondary prevention measure for more than 25 chronic medical conditions, including cardiovascular disease (CVD).[2-4] Moreover, various studies of former athletes have demonstrated reduced mortality rates and prevalence of chronic disease, includin

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