ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 12/4/2023
Bridging language gaps in palliative care and birth
The case for professional medical interpreters—and family members. - 12/4/2023
Starts and stops
We asked doctors who are retiring and those just starting out the same three questions. - 12/4/2023
MAiD’s Rise
Medically assisted death rates in Canada have surged to the second highest in the world – and now MAiD for mental illness is to begin in March. - 12/4/2023
Health Canada approves new hormone therapy for advanced prostate cancer
Taken in pill form, Orgovyx will be available here in the first quarter of 2024 - 12/4/2023
Meet Jeff Leger, president of Shoppers Drug Mart
‘My goal is to help drive change in the pharmacy industry and improve access to healthcare for all Canadians.’ - 12/4/2023
B.C. Premier Eby celebrates ‘first of its kind’ seamless addictions care
Dr. Seonaid Nolan, an addictions-medicine physician with Providence Health Care, says people at the highest risk, who would sometimes have to wait weeks to access detox, are now able to get it in days. - 12/4/2023
Nova Scotia to restrict contract length for nurses who travel to fill shortages
Under the change, nurses who complete such contracts will have to wait for one year before they can be hired again as a travel nurse. - 12/3/2023
Yes, you can get syphilis of the eye—professor of ophthalmology explains
Ocular syphilis has been described as the great imitator. It can manifest in a multitude of ways and as such the diagnosis can be missed. - 12/3/2023
Weird and wonderful things lost then found inside the human body
As a professor of anatomy, I come across many such stories of strange things found inside people—foreign bodies, we call them. - 12/3/2023
Quebec employment minister wants to recruit asylum seekers to work in healthcare
The pilot project will look to place 1,500 asylum seekers in healthcare jobs over the next three years, the minister said.