ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 5/12/2023
Advent of the Canadian Physicians’ Pension Plan
Here’s why this efficient structure is an unparalleled solution for tax and estate planning. - 5/12/2023
New blood donation rules allow more gay men to give in U.S.
The updated guidelines do away with a requirement that men who have sex with men abstain from sex for three months prior to giving blood. - 5/12/2023
Sex? Sexual intercourse? Neither? Teens weigh in on evolving definitions and habits
High school students are having less sexual intercourse. That’s what the studies say. But that doesn’t mean they’re having less sex. - 5/11/2023
Health Canada warns nitroglycerin tablets now in short supply, as well as sprays
The shortage of tablets comes as a result of an existing shortage. - 5/11/2023
N.S. man files human rights complaint after late husband denied wish to donate tissue
Liam Dee died from a rare and aggressive cancer last Nov. 10. Adonation screening form from that date says his tissues were declined due to his “homosexual status.” - 5/11/2023
Mpox no longer a global emergency, WHO says
Last July, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus declared mpox, also known as monkeypox, to be an “extraordinary” situation that qualified as a global crisis. - 5/11/2023
‘A series of system failures’: Misprescribed and ‘dumped’ at the hospital’s doors
A healthcare nightmare began for this Vancouver woman with slow-release morphine. - 5/11/2023
Case report: A diagnostic distribution?
Despite a probing discussion at Dr. Robert Dickson's clinic, the cause of a patient's chest rash remains a mystery. - 5/11/2023
Agency struggled to get pharma companies to engage in drug price reform: memo
The memo, obtained by the NDP through the access-to-information law and shared with The Canadian Press, is a status report from the acting chair of the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board to the health minister about obstacles they were facing to lowering the price of drugs. - 5/10/2023
Doctor politicians by the numbers
Counting up how physicians involve themselves in Canadian politics.