ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 6/7/2022
Alberta Health Services investigates EMS response time in fatal Calgary dog attack
Police and paramedics who were called Sunday to the Capitol Hill neighbourhood in the city's northwest found the injured woman. - 6/7/2022
Ontario to let masking rules for many healthcare settings, public transit expire
Rules requiring that people wear masks on public transit and many healthcare settings will expire at 12:00 a.m., months after mask requirements lifted in most other settings. - 6/7/2022
Making video games can help support addiction recovery
Individual failure is not the driver of opioid addiction. It is a complex and intertwined set of root causes including poverty, social isolation, disability and physical and psychological trauma. - 6/6/2022
Ob/gyn society launches data collection initiative on Canadian maternal mortality
CEO of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada, Dr. Diane Francoeur says the program will allow provinces to share data anonymously and work together to identify national trends. - 6/6/2022
What’s really ailing docs these days?
Matt Maruca explores the multi-faceted issues contributing to physician burnout and what we finally need to do about it. - 6/6/2022
Some cancer patients can skip treatments, 2 studies show
Researchers are looking for ways to precisely predict which cancer patients can avoid unneeded treatment to cut down on harmful side effects and unnecessary costs. - 6/6/2022
First B.C. monkeypox case is confirmed in Vancouver resident
The BC Centre for Disease Control has announced the first case of monkeypox in British Columbia, bringing the national total to almost 80 cases. - 6/5/2022
How an existing breast cancer drug could help more patients than ever before
It's not a cure. But this latest gain for targeted cancer therapy could open new treatment possibilities to thousands of patients with advanced breast cancer. - 6/5/2022
Listening to asthma and COPD: An AI-powered wearable could monitor respiratory health
An international collaboration between Canada and Germany with expertise in upper airway health, audio/acoustic engineering and wearable computing is developing a wearable device to monitor these respiratory symptoms. - 6/5/2022
Case report: metal allergy rash?
Dr. Robert Dickson discovers a recent patient case is a little more complicated.