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Amanda Adams, MD MSc
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🇨🇦 Family & palliative care physician, wife, mother, cancer survivor, primary care advisor, social media health educator (she/her)
#togetheragainstmisinformation
#CovidIsNotOver
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cancersociety.bsky.social
🚶‍➡️ A groundbreaking Canadian-led clinical trial has revealed that structured exercise can significantly improve survival rates for people with colon cancer.

Find out more about this pivotal research: cancer.ca/en/about-us/stories/2025/increasing-colon-cancer-survival-through-exercise
June 26, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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anwilkinson.bsky.social
Canadians need to talk about how our cancer screening is falling behind. canadahealthwatch.ca/2025/03/10/c...
Canadians need to talk about cancer screening
Canada’s cancer screening guidelines lag far behind the latest science, and Canadians are paying with their lives.
canadahealthwatch.ca
March 11, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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cmadocs.bsky.social
The CMA endorses the Alberta Medical Association's concerns about the Alberta COVID-19 Pandemic Data Review Task Force report. This report promotes misinformation and risks undermining trust in medical and scientific communities.
Our statement ⬇️
CMA alarmed by Alberta pandemic task force report
The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) endorses the Alberta Medical Association’s concerns about the report from the Alberta COVID-19 Pandemic Data Review Task Force. This report promotes misinformati...
www.cma.ca
January 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
aadamsmd.bsky.social
Trust the experts
#CanadianCancerSociety statement:
January 12, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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dralandrummond.bsky.social
Toronto medical practice warns of ‘critical staffing shortage,’ says 2,000 patients could soon be without a doctor at its facility alone www.cp24.com//local/toron...
Toronto medical practice warns of ‘critical staffing shortage,’ says 2,000 patients could soon be without a doctor at its facility alone
Doctors and patients at a Toronto-based family health team are sounding an alarm over what they’re calling a “critical staffing shortage” when it comes to family health practitioners in Ontario.
www.cp24.com
December 11, 2024 at 4:35 PM
aadamsmd.bsky.social
Too many people in Canada today are facing challenges in accessing the cancer care they need due to rising out-of-pocket costs
Cancer costs Canadian patients $33K on average
A new report from the Canadian Cancer Society suggests cancer patients are paying tens of thousands of dollars out-of-pocket for expenses including transportation, prescription drugs and medical devic...
www.cbc.ca
December 10, 2024 at 3:01 PM
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kashprime.bsky.social
Created a Starter Pack of all the Canadian medical and expert accounts I could find in the last couple of days.
Please reply below and I'll add you in, or on part 2:

go.bsky.app/KkA7wWw
November 12, 2024 at 4:35 PM
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For anyone who missed it, it is #TogetherAgainstMisinformation day.

Link: scienceupfirst.com/event/togeth...
November 12, 2024 at 10:07 PM
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mikevlasic.bsky.social
Wastewater testing for H5N1 will begin soon ― another reason to keep & expand wastewater testing in ON.
#FordFailedOntario
ottawacitizen.com/news/local-n...
Wastewater testing for avian influenza to begin in some Ontario communities
As bird flu infections continue to rise among livestock and humans in the United States, surveillance is ramping up in Canada.
ottawacitizen.com
November 10, 2024 at 4:30 PM