Bonavista Medical Center Brantford

02/27/2022

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/long-term-effects/index.html

Symptoms, testing, what to do if sick, daily activities, and more.

02/21/2022

https://www.fda.gov/safety/recalls-market-withdrawals-safety-alerts/abbott-voluntarily-recalls-powder-formulas-manufactured-one-plant

Abbott (NYSE: ABT) is initiating a proactive, voluntary recall of powder formulas, including Similac, Alimentum and EleCare manufactured in Sturgis, Mich., one of the company's manufacturing facilities. The recall does not include any metabolic deficiency nutrition formulas. Abbott is voluntarily r

02/18/2022

Breast cancer was expected to be the most common cancer diagnosed in Ontario women in 2018. Screening mammography can find breast cancers when they are small, less likely to have spread and more likely to be treated successfully. Your age and family medical history help determine when you should get screened:

If you are age 50 to 74, the Ontario Breast Screening Program (OBSP) recommends that most women in your age group be screened every 2 years with mammography. Find your nearest OBSP site by calling 1-800-668-9304 or visiting Ontario Breast Screening Program locations.
If you are age 30 to 69 and meet any of the following requirements, talk to your doctor about referral to the High Risk Ontario Breast Screening Program:
You are known to have a gene mutation that increases your risk for breast cancer (e.g., BRCA1, BRCA2, TP53, PTEN, CDH1)
You are a first-degree relative (parent, brother, sister or child) of someone who has a gene mutation that increases their risk for breast cancer (e.g., BRCA1, BRCA2, TP53, PTEN, CDH1)
You have a personal or family history of breast or ovarian cancer
You have had radiation therapy to the chest to treat another cancer or condition (e.g., Hodgkin lymphoma) before age 30 and at least 8 years ago
For every 200 women screened in the Ontario Breast Screening Program, about 18 are referred for further tests and 1 will have breast cancer.

02/17/2022

https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.6352938

A U.S. patient with leukemia has become the first woman and the third person to date to be cured of HIV after receiving a stem cell transplant from a donor who was naturally resistant to the virus that causes AIDS, researchers reported on Tuesday.

02/16/2022

https://www.bchu.org/ServicesWeProvide/InfectiousDiseases/Pages/COVID-19-Vaccines-for-Children-Youth.aspx

Children 5 to 11 years old should receive the pediatric Pfizer (10 micrograms) dose. Children must be 5 years of age at the time of vaccination.

02/16/2022

https://www.ctvnews.ca/mobile/politics/fully-vaccinated-travellers-will-need-to-take-a-rapid-test-before-returning-to-canada-1.5781926

The federal government is eliminating the pre-arrival PCR test requirement for fully vaccinated travellers starting Feb. 28, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos announced Tuesday.

02/15/2022

https://globalnews.ca/news/8617879/ontario-covid-restrictions-masks-vaccine-passports-announcement-ford/

Premier Doug Ford says the province is ending its COVID-19 vaccine passport system starting on March 1. However, the mask mandate will remain in place.

02/14/2022

Accepting New Patients for Family Practice

02/14/2022