ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 2/22/2024
Ontario’s top doctor warns of potential measles outbreaks as cases increase abroad
Healthcare providers are also urged to consider measles in their differential diagnoses, particularly in patients returning from travel who show respiratory symptoms. - 2/21/2024
Ontario’s healthcare agreement with Ottawa will not fix broken system
The federal-provincial agreement represents more central planning designed to fix problems created by central planning. - 2/21/2024
Ontario documents show patient complaints over cataract billings
The Canadian Press submitted a freedom-of-information request for copies of complaints made under the law banning charges for services covered by the Ontario Health Insurance Plan. - 2/20/2024
The challenges facing new family physicians
A FP trainees’ plea for change that she sent to local media in Sudbury, Ont. – the place she hoped would have been home. - 2/20/2024
South Korean doctors walk out to protest medical training push, causing surgery cancellations
Trainee doctors collectively walked off their jobs Tuesday to protest a government push to recruit more medical students. - 2/20/2024
Racism and cultural beliefs can affect organ donations in some communities: doctors
Dr. Jagbir Gill, a nephrologist at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, said South Asian Canadians have a 50%-to-77% lower likelihood of getting a kidney transplant. - 2/20/2024
‘No backup plan’: Funding for HIV self-testing kits ending in March
The program co-ordinator at CAYR Community Connections in Ontario says the take-home tests are crucial to connecting with people as Canada’s HIV infections climb. - 2/20/2024
RECALL: APO-Mometasone nasal spray recalled due to potential bacteria contamination
APO-Mometasone nasal spray is prescribed for allergy symptoms in children, for sinusitis in patients aged 12 and older, and for nasal polyps in adults. - 2/20/2024
Brain wave-powered tech allows Canadian kids ‘trapped in their own bodies’ to play
The Brain Computer Interface program at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital in Toronto develops technology that allows dozens of physically disabled children to use their minds to move and play. - 2/20/2024
Mental health minister says ‘safer supply’ drug concerns rooted in ‘stigma and fear’
The Public Health Agency of Canada said drug overdoses killed an average of 23 people each day last year.