ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 2/8/2024
Quebec wants Criminal Code exemption so people can request MAID in advance
Quebec passed legislation last year allowing people who have serious and incurable illnesses, such as Alzheimer’s, to ask for MAID while they have the capacity to provide consent. - 2/7/2024
Alcohol and drugs rewire your brain by changing how your genes work
Research is investigating how to counteract addiction’s effects. - 2/7/2024
Is serving as a president of the OMA a burial ground for ambitious physicians?
Dr. Jabir Jassam wonders if there is a stifling of ambition that happens for some reason to those who go in hoping to change the OMA. - 2/7/2024
A technology-first approach to addressing falls among aging Canadians
The prevalence of falls among older adults in Canada poses a significant health risk, with 1.1 million experiencing falls annually. - 2/7/2024
‘We’re not looking for placebo policy’: health fix will take time, minister says
Provincial leaders were frantic about the ailing state of their healthcare systems last year when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sat them down and offered $46.2-billion worth of urgent treatment. - 2/6/2024
Court allows negligence class-action suit against Ontario LTC minister to proceed
The four lead plaintiffs lost their parents to COVID-19 or related complications in 2020. - 2/6/2024
Catholic Church challenging Quebec MAID law in court on religious freedom grounds
It says the law is forcing the Catholic Church to choose between allowing a procedure it finds morally unacceptable or abandoning its palliative care centre. - 2/6/2024
As cancer treatment advances, patients and doctors push back against drugs’ harsh side effects
Advances in treatment mean millions of people are surviving for years with incurable cancers. - 2/6/2024
Cannabis use linked to anxiety diagnoses, worsened anxiety disorders: Ontario study
Researchers also found that 12.3% of cannabis users with pre-existing anxiety but no record of hospitalization visited an emergency room or were admitted to hospital because their anxiety symptoms worsened. - 2/6/2024
Two approaches to ‘one problem per visit’
Imagine a Dr. Max and Dr. Min, faced with the policy against ‘one problem per visit,’ adapt differently in handling a patient with multiple concerns.