Meta lets Ray-Ban smart glasses share view while on video calls
The company is also rolling out Meta AI, an assistant that greatly enhances the device’s overall functionality, in beta mode for users in the US and Canada. Just in time for sunglass season, Meta is rolling out new features for its Ray-Ban smart glasses such as sharing one’s view on a video call…#metaai #meta #rayban #whatsapp #alexa #spotify #apple (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Can Justin Trudeau Stave Off Populism by Going After Rich?
Canada has a growing populism problem. Even Prime Minister Justin Trudeau thinks so. Like many other countries — including the United States — Canadians have spent the last several years dealing with pandemic restrictions, a rise in immigration, and a housing affordability crisis (among much, much…#justintrudeau #canadians #sean #quebec #pierretrudeau #pierretrudeaus #western #environicsinstitute #pierrepoilievre #lgbtq (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Canadian doctors are using 'outdated' guidelines to screen for cancer, experts warn
Family doctors use national guidelines to decide whether and when to send their patients for routine cancer screenings — but experts say Canadians' lives are at risk because those guidelines use old data, lack expert advice, and are updated too infrequently. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Politics Source Type: news
Mammograms are routine. For people who use wheelchairs, they're anything but
A Quebec advocacy group for people with disabilities called 94 Quebec clinics that offer mammograms. Nearly half told them they couldn't accommodate people using wheelchairs. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Montreal Source Type: news
How this med school is trying solve the family doctor shortage
Canada is losing its family physicians to burnout and it’s creating a primary care crisis. Can a new program that prioritizes family doctor recruits help solve the shortage? The National's Nick Purdon gets special access to Queen's University and Lakeridge Health’s medical school program to see how it is preparing preparing students for the realities they’ll face on the job. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
investing as a minor in canada?
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Source: Reuters: Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Fewer medical school graduates choosing family medicine, Ontario doctors warn
An organization that represents Ontario doctors is expressing concern about what it says is a declining number of medical school students choosing family medicine. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Toronto Source Type: news
Talks for the first global plastics treaty underway in Ottawa
Semafor Signals Supported by Insights from Eco Business, Bloomberg, Reuters The News Thousands of negotiators representing more than 170 nations, researchers, civil society groups and businesses gathered in Canada this week to draft the first global treaty to reduce the growing problem of plastic…#nairobi #saudiarabia #busan #treaty #montrealprotocol #drjorgeemmanuel #parisagreements #petrochemical #exxonmobil #ottawa (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Canadian Pediatric Society Issues Guidance on Cannabis Canadian Pediatric Society Issues Guidance on Cannabis
Experts recommend open, evidence-based discussions about medical cannabis with families and call for more research.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines)
Source: Medscape Neurology and Neurosurgery Headlines - April 23, 2024 Category: Neurology Tags: Pediatrics News Source Type: news
Radiologists can take steps toward environmental sustainability
Radiology departments can take proactive steps to promote environmental sustainability, according to an article published April 23 in Radiology.
A team led by Kate Hanneman, MD, of the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada, proposed ways that departments can strategize to promote planetary health beyond turning imaging machines off when not in use. These include forming sustainability teams, opting for low-energy imaging tests when possible, and working with imaging vendors, among others.
“There are other opportunities to improve environmental sustainability that are beyond energy,” Hanneman told AuntMinnie.com. ...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 23, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Amerigo Allegretto Tags: Practice Management Source Type: news
Sask. officials knew COVID-19 was spreading at an 'exponential' rate in 2021, but refused restrictions
Newly released documents highlight what provincial officials knew about spread of COVID-19 in fall 2021. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Saskatchewan Source Type: news
Peel Region has major childhood vaccination backlog
Peel Public Health’s acting medical officer is warning the regional government that a huge backlog in school immunizations is spelling trouble for communicable diseases. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Toronto Source Type: news
Teledyne e2v and Airy3D collaboration delivers more affordable 3D vision solutions
GRENOBLE, France, April 23, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Teledyne e2v, a Teledyne Technologies TDY company and global innovator of imaging solutions, is pleased to announce a new technology and design collaboration with Airy3D (Montreal, Canada), a leading 3D vision solution provider. The first result…#grenoble #montreal #arnaudfoucher #topaz5d #chrisbarrett #tdm #teledyne (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Novel risk prediction model improves LCS uptake
A novel risk prediction model used in the Ontario Lung Cancer Screening Pilot increased the uptake of lung cancer screening among eligible Canadians, researchers have found.
A team led by Martin C. Tammemägi, PhD, of Brock University in St. Catharines, Ontario, reported that use of the model translated to an adherence rate to annual recall and early surveillance scans and clinical investigations of more than 85%. The findings were published April 19 in Nature Medicine.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death around the world, and research has shown that low-dose CT (LDCT) lung cancer screening of high-risk indi...
Source: AuntMinnie.com Headlines - April 23, 2024 Category: Radiology Authors: Kate Madden Yee Tags: CT Chest Radiology Source Type: news
40 cases of eclipse-related eye damage reported in Quebec so far
Quebec optometrists have confirmed 40 cases of eclipse-related eye damage since the solar event on April 8, and health officials say there could be more. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Montreal Source Type: news
