ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

• 4/20/2023

  On mentors: Honouring the legacy of a palliative care specialist

  I can still remember my first day. I remember that our first home visit had to be cancelled because the patient had died the night before and that our second visit took place in the patient’s backyard, drinking lemonade.
• 4/20/2023

  DRUG QUIZ: Nephrotic syndrome

  Nephrotic syndrome is a collection of symptoms including albuminuria, hyperlipidemia, hypoalbuminemia, and edema, indicating kidney damage.
• 4/20/2023

  Shine a light on me: Bright light exposure leads to fewer errors for medical shift workers

  Small changes could make a big difference to healthcare workers on night shift
• 4/20/2023

  ICAM, I saw, I conquered: The International Congress on Academic Medicine

  Diverse and ambitious, this conference checked a lot of boxes—and some of the best learnings came from patients.
• 4/20/2023

  U.S. Supreme Court set to decide on abortion pill access

  The Supreme Court is facing a self-imposed Friday night deadline to decide whether women’s access to a widely used abortion pill will stay unchanged or be restricted while a legal challenge to its Food and Drug Administration approval goes on.
• 4/19/2023

  It will take more than money to fix healthcare: Canadian Medical Association

  Association president Dr. Alika Lafontaine says big investments do seem to have made a difference, but progress backslid when parties stopped working together.
• 4/19/2023

  Canadians with celiac disease especially hard hit by grocery price pain, group says

  When Samantha Mackey was diagnosed with celiac disease a few years ago, she was relieved that there was something she could do to finally stop feeling sick.
• 4/19/2023

  How would partial privatization impact healthcare accessibility?

  Two-tier healthcare in Canada would reduce medical tourism, where Canadians travel abroad to receive medical treatment, argues Dr. Jabir Jassam.
• 4/19/2023

  Pharmpreneur of the week Bruce Moody: "Be relentlessly positive."

  I think it's important to share that, for me, the day I made the decision to become an entrepreneur has led me on an unbelievable journey of discovery and joy.
• 4/19/2023

  Long after heyday, soda fountain pharmacies still got fizz

  Soda fountains like this were hugely popular a century ago. Often located in pharmacies, they were a gathering spot during Prohibition when bars shut down. But over the past half century, their numbers fizzled, relegating soda fountains to the scrapbooks of U.S. history.