ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 1/16/2024
New graphic health warnings on cigarette packs aim to help smokers kick the habit
They highlight tongue, stomach and neck cancer as well as gangrene for the first time since Canada led the world in adopting the hard-hitting quit-smoking approach in 2001. - 1/16/2024
Breaking the curve: A call for comprehensive scoliosis awareness and care
Cael was a typical 15-year-old—until the discovery of an already advanced abnormal curvature of his spine. - 1/16/2024
I wish I had known
Dr. Natalya E. O’Neill, a rural family medicine resident, reflects on the lessons learned from the loss of a patient. - 1/16/2024
Should the gov't pay for administrators to ease the FP paperwork pile?
A recent editorial in the National Post suggests the government should pony up the cash for admin support in exchange for doctors taking on more patients—but would that really work? - 1/16/2024
B.C. extends free HPV vaccines eligibility to men born in 2005
Free HPV vaccines had already been available to younger men and boys. - 1/15/2024
Amoxicillin preferred for acute sinusitis in children
Either amoxicillin or amoxicillin-clavulanate will clear infection, but the former is less likely to result in side-effects or antimicrobial resistance. - 1/15/2024
P.E.I. opposition is asking for answers about feasibility of new medical school
P.E.I. interim Liberal Leader Hal Perry says ‘multiple red flags’ brought up by the province’s outgoing health authority CEO. - 1/15/2024
Persistence Capital Partners signs deal to take Neighbourly Pharmacy private
The deal will see PCP, which already owns about a 50% interest in the network of independent pharmacies, pay $18.50 per share for a total of $415 million for the shares it does not already own. - 1/15/2024
A patient covered in a ‘crude oil substance’ created enough of a chemical odour that this Sask. hospital evacuated
Efforts are underway to reopen the Weyburn General Hospital. - 1/12/2024
Older, immunocompromised people may get COVID-19 vaccine dose in spring, NACI says
The advisory committee is issuing the spring recommendation now to help public health vaccine program planning.