ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

• 4/26/2023

  Putting radiation to the test to heal irregular heartbeat

  While it’s highly experimental, surprising early research suggests it may reprogram misfiring heart cells to control heartbeats more like younger, healthier cells do.
• 4/26/2023

  Why is being a patient a difficult pill to swallow?

  While being treated for an aggressive hematologic cancer, the former Head of a Department of Medicine at a large teaching hospital told me he wished he could hang a sign on his headboard, reading P-I-P: Previously-Important-Person.
• 4/26/2023

  Telus Health, Medical Services Commission reach settlement over fee program: B.C. minister

  A British Columbia company offering health services to patients who pay annual fees starting at $4,650 has agreed to modify its policies, averting a court challenge over public healthcare, says the province’s health minister.
• 4/25/2023

  Beyond 'bikini medicine': Women's heart health conference aims to raise awareness

  Michelle Logeot refers to the biggest health scare of her life as 'the event,' the type she does not want other women to experience when doctors misdiagnose them or dismiss symptoms of a potentially deadly heart attack.
• 4/25/2023

  An Ontario health coalition organizing referendum on private versus public healthcare

  Currently in its third reading, Bill 60, would allow the appointment of directors to regulate for-profit clinics while hospitals could approve the outsourcing of specific surgeries and diagnostic procedures to these private medical facilities.
• 4/25/2023

  Case report: Is it ringworm?

  A patient in excellent health presents with a questionable condition at Dr. Robert Dickson's clinic.
• 4/25/2023

  'Not feeling great? Your appointment can wait:' Tweet from B.C. Children's Hospital going viral for all the wrong reasons

  Some doctors had less than kind words about the messaging from the children's hospital—especially in the wake of the province dropping its mask mandate for healthcare settings.
• 4/24/2023

  B.C. Appeal Court sides with mom in case involving access to parental medical records

  The three-judge panel says a section of B.C.’s Child, Family and Community Service Act is unconstitutional, finding the legislation lacked safeguards to protect parents’ deeply personal medical information.
• 4/24/2023

  Navigating drug shortages in Canada: challenges and solutions for healthcare professionals

  While drug shortages are not new to pharmacists, recent shortages of essential medications such as Children's Tylenol and Amoxicillin have impacted a larger population and gained significant media coverage across Canada.
• 4/24/2023

  Atrial fibrillation: cryoablation is effective in the long-term

  A new study shows the relevance of cryoablation as a first-line treatment for atrial fibrillation compared to antiarrhythmics alone.