ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 6/23/2023
Alcohol reduces rheumatoid arthritis symptoms
Study finds drinkers with arthritis fare better than non-drinkers when it comes to health-related quality of life. - 6/23/2023
More nurses working in Ontario, but more also leaving: report
The percentage of nurses working in the province has declined from 91.2% in 2016 to 88.9% this year. - 6/23/2023
N.S. rolls out $10K incentive for doctors to take on sickest patients from wait list
Nova Scotia is offering doctors $10,000 to remove 50 patients from the province’s wait list. - 6/22/2023
New hope in the fight against lung cancer
A study involving researchers from Montreal hospitals suggests that immunotherapy treatment, specifically pembrolizumab, can slow the progression and reduce the risk of recurrence in the most common form of lung cancer. - 6/22/2023
Fire department called to assist dying patient in N.S. hospital with no doctor
A patient died in Middleton, Nova Scotia after experiencing cardiac arrest at a hospital where no doctor was present. - 6/22/2023
Risk of cannabis addiction higher for young men, people with anxiety: StatsCan survey
A study by Statistics Canada reveals that 4.7% of cannabis users in the country are at risk of developing an addiction to the drug. - 6/22/2023
Fears for LGBTQ mental health, as flood of online hate spills into real world
Fae Johnstone, a transgender activist featured in Hershey Canada’s International Women’s Day campaign, experienced severe online harassment, including death threats and the release of her personal information. - 6/22/2023
Why pain seems worse at night
Why do patients feel the pain more intensely at night? What does science have to say about it? - 6/21/2023
Dear CFPC Board: Provide business training to family physician residents
Rather than expand family medicine residency to three years we should fix the residency program rather than simply extending it with an additional year of training, argues Dr. Sohail Gandhi. - 6/21/2023
Case report: Cellulitis or allergy?
A concerning insect bite on a patient at Dr. Robert Dickson's walk-in clinic requires some combination therapy.