Martha Porado
ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 3/9/2022
POLL: Would you consider moving to a part of Canada in need of more doctors?
There are communities all over Canada in desperate need of more doctors. Could you be persuaded to pick up and move? - 3/9/2022
KEEP UP QUIZ: How closely did you follow the news this week? March 7
A unique heart transplant, new data on cardiovascular problems and COVID and a bid to get antivirals to patients faster all made headlines this week. How closely did you follow? - 3/3/2022
Northern Ontario School of Medicine to become first independent medical university in Canada
NOSM was established in 2002 and now boasts collaborations with 500 organizations, in more than 90 communities, with a faculty of more than 1,800 faculty. - 3/3/2022
Bell Islanders create Facebook group to cajole former FP to return to tightknit community
Bell Islanders have been using a Facebook support group in efforts to share what the loss has meant to the community. - 3/2/2022
The (medical) funny pages
Sometimes, a meme is all you need. Here are some medical tidbits that made us chuckle this week. - 3/2/2022
KEEP UP QUIZ: How closely did you follow the news this week? Feb. 28
Did you miss any details in healthcare news this week? - 3/2/2022
KEEP UP QUIZ: How well did you follow the news this week? Feb. 28
Did you miss any details in healthcare news this week? - 3/1/2022
U.S. 'test and treat' strategy aims to give Americans free COVID antivirals in same pharmacy where they test positive
The strategy aims to reduce the steps between a positive test and access to treatment. - 2/24/2022
McMaster research team proposes ways Canada can open the door to more antibiotics in bid to tackle 'superbugs'
The interdisciplinary team made several proposals, pointing out that Canada lags other countries on approving novel antibiotics. - 2/15/2022
Study examines opportunistic salpingectomy as tool to reduce ovarian cancer risk
Opportunistic salpingectomy refers to using the occasion of when a patient is already undergoing a hysterectomy, taking the chance to also remove the fallopian tubes, or as an alternative to tubal ligation.
