-Alberta is going to become the first region in the country to regulate the use of psychedelic drugs for people in therapy.
Psychiatrist Dr. Rob Tanguay says patients need to be supervised and treated by qualified health professionals when taking these types of medications, and doctors would have to apply for a licence beforehand.

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-As of today, DynaLife will once again be conducting routine urine tests.
Tests for non-urgent cases had been postponed last month, because supplies of the re-agent needed for that were in short supply.
But DynaLife says it’s now been restored, so if you need that kind of test done, you can now head back to any of their labs.

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-The “Food, Health & Consumer Products of Canada” group is asking parents to not “panic buy” if they track down kids’ pain and fever medications.
There’s been a shortage of them, so drug companies have been ramping up production.
Pharmacies have been putting those meds behind the counter, to hang onto supplies.

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-The feds have tabled what they’re calling a new “Framework for Diabetes”as they say it will help align improved access and treatment for all types of diabetics.
Officials say they received input from people who have it, researchers, provinces, Indigenous communities and more.
90-percent of diabetics in Canada have Type-2, about 9-percent have Type-1, and the rest account for less than 1-percent of all cases.

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-Construction is now underway on a new Rocky Mountain House health centre.
It’s going to include a new operating room, more recovery rooms, and new patient-support areas.
It’s part of a project that’s expected to double surgical capacity so more operations can be done closer to home, for people who live in those areas.
Construction is expected to be complete in the spring of 2024.

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-A new drug to treat advanced prostate cancer has recently been approved by Health Canada, and it’s allowing doctors to treat specific cancer cells.
Pluvicto eliminates the need to go after healthy cells that surround cancer.
Doctors say it’s a critical advancement, because while it’s all but impossible to prevent prostate cancer, it’s good to know they can treat it.