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🚨New recommendation on Metformin 💊 out from Cochrane Canada #CANPCC guideline on Long COVID Post -COVID condition. ⚖️ Conditional recommendation in favour of using Metformin for people with COVID-19 infection to prevent Post-COVID Condition. It could prevent 41/1,000 cases of

Check out episode 97 of The Lebanese Physicians Podcast Podcast to listen to an interview with National Pain Centre's own Andrea J. Darzi MD, MPH, PhD. open.spotify.com/episode/1PqFu6…

Respectful reminder: Please refrain from asking #Indigenous (and non-Indigenous) colleagues to meet on September 30 & please remove Sept 30 from your Doodle Polls. Instead, consider spending Sept 30 learning, participating, honouring, & remembering. #NDTR #EveryChildMatters 🧡

Colleagues and friends around the World, Lebanon now stands on the brink of a nationwide humanitarian catastrophe. We urgently need your support to amplify our voice in calling for an end to this brutal war, and to advocate for peace and dignity for all. American University of Beirut Faculty of Health Sciences at AUB

Excited to share this work from the last 7 years with great colleagues advancing methods & policy to support the World Health Organization (WHO) #EssentialMedicineList (EML) ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…

New Cochrane Canada #CANPCC Post COVID Condition - Long COVID guideline conditional recommendation in favour of Nirmatrelvir and ritonavir (Paxlovid) in people with COVID-19 infection for the prevention of PCC.

Join the conversation. Use your voice. Spread the word. Help us raise awareness for #ChronicPain. Use the hashtag #NPAW2024.

Do you live with non-cancer #ChronicPain? We're conducting a study exploring experiences tapering opioids (reducing or stopping use) when managing chronic non-cancer pain. To share your perspectives on tapering opioids, contact our team at [email protected] or 647-972-8011.

*SHOW ME the evidence: Features of an approach to reliably deliver research evidence to those who need it* onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

What is post COVID-19 condition or long COVID? Dr. Thomas Piggott explains. Thomas Piggott MD PhD is the Medical Officer of Health and CEO at Peterborough Public Health, and Co-Chair of the CAN-PCC prevention guideline group. Learn more about PCC here: canpcc.ca/app/uploads/20… USask CME

Are you a Canadian living with #ChronicPain? Do you have experience tapering opioids? We're looking for perspectives from people with #LivedExperience. If you are interested, please contact [email protected] or call 647-972-8011.

New paper outlines 8 key principles for using Artificial Intelligence #AI in health guidelines: bit.ly/40yffEB GIN Member McMaster University Amir Qaseem Ignacio Neumann Artur Nowak Marge Reinap Dr. Mariette Awad Holger Schünemann Elie Akl Wojtek Wiercioch

Researchers with HEI have crafted Canada’s first-ever guidelines for Post-COVID Condition, providing recommendations for diagnosing, preventing and treating long COVID. Cochrane Canada Public Health PHAC ow.ly/6nCq50VmaMO

The first consensus-based tool to integrate health equity into practice guideline enterprise by extending the GIN-McMaster guideline development checklist. The Lancet GIN Member sciencedirect.com/science/articl… pilot tested on the Canadian Long COVID guidelines canpcc.ca

While considering the sensitivity of the guideline to health equity, developers should 1) engage individuals with lived experiences, 2) consider how guideline decisions may reveal or address health inequities, and 3) integrate these into recommendations and dissemination.

Our editorial spotlights the impact of and recent work on considering #HealthEquity throughout the guideline enterprise. GIN Member Tamara Lotfi (she/her) Kian Torabi Omar Dewidar onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Our 7 principles guide developers to produce equity informed recommendations that support optimal health for all. They also form the basis for the #HealthEquity extension of the GIN McMaster checklist. Omar Dewidar Elie Akl Joanne Khabsa Tamara Lotfi (she/her) sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Congrats Gonzalo Bravo for winning the Murray L. Enkin prize for best poster HEI research day! This work was part of his independent study where he explored #patientengagement & consideration of #patient values & preferences in #opioids & Chronic noncancer pain guidelines

Dr. ⁦⁦⁦Andrea J. Darzi MD, MPH, PhD⁩ named Assistant Director of National Pain Centre - Michael G. DeGroote National Pain Centre. Congratulations! Well deserved! npc.healthsci.mcmaster.ca/dr-andrea-darz…

Excited for this next phase and the work to be done!