ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 9/6/2011
Seize chance to change health care: Dr. Jeff Turnbull
The regard the nation’s doctors have for the job Dr. Jeff Turnbull did as president over this past year was clear. After he finished his valedictory speech, delegates to the meeting gave him a sustained standing ovation while male board members on the dais twirled their ties in the air—a mirthful salute to Dr. Turnbull’s notorious hatred for neckwear. - 9/6/2011
Doctors in quandary over medical marijuana
Stigma, discordant regulations, unclear paperwork and limited research on pot make doctors wary - 9/6/2011
Medical faculty is ready for its sophomore year
Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick gets overwhelming support from community and local MDs - 9/5/2011
Knee replacement ORs are a wasteland
Audit shows procedure results in a lot of waste; Ontario hospital puts greater effort into recycling as a result - 9/5/2011
$3.5-million settlement awarded in birth mishap
A Quebec doctor has been ordered to pay $3.5 million to the family of a severely handicapped 17-year-old whose life was ruined by a botched birth. - 9/5/2011
A golden surgery chair
- 9/5/2011
World group wants to make anaphylaxis everyone’s business
Guidelines expected to be especially useful in primary care - 9/5/2011
Azathioprine eyed for liver toxicity risk in rheumatoid arthritis patients
Hospitalization for acute hepatotoxicity among rheumatoid arthritis patients appears to be related to previous liver disease as well as treatment with the immunosuppressant azathioprine, Canadian researchers reported here. - 9/5/2011
Rotavirus vaccines have risk of bowel obstruction
International experts call for global immunization-—with monitoring - 9/5/2011
Apixaban may be a safer anti-platelet therapy than existing options
The investigative oral Factor Xa inhibitor apixaban could prevent strokes among atrial fibrillation patients better than current treatments—and may be able to perform that task without a risk of excessive bleeding.