ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 2/25/2020
N.S. father says drug pricing 'chess game' cost his daughter her life
Her death has become a rallying cry for advocates who say the federal government's recent changes to drug-pricing regulations are preventing 'life-saving' medicines from reaching Canada - 2/25/2020
Made-in-N.S. solutions to our healthcare crisis
We're facing a massive shortfall of doctors in the coming years; with our already overburdened healthcare system, we need fresh ideas to fix it - 2/25/2020
Physician ‘report cards’ can change prescribing habits, study reveals
New research from the non-profit research institute ICES shows that physicians who have read Health Quality Ontario “report cards” on their prescribing habits tend to prescribe fewer high-risk antipsychotic medications to patients in nursing homes. - 2/24/2020
Feds table legislation that drops certain restrictions on MAiD
The new law, if passed, would introduce a two-track approach to eligibility for assisted dying, based on whether a person's natural death is reasonably foreseeable - 2/24/2020
Stories from retirement: Let the sneezing begin
It turns out I'm not that special: apparently allergies are on the rise for everyone - 2/24/2020
Thank you for your patience...
An open letter to my patients expressing my gratitude as I try, humbly, to explain myself - 2/24/2020
Flu vaccine protective despite mismatches
The vaccine for the 2019-2020 influenza season is performing better than expected, given its degree of mismatch to circulating viruses. - 2/24/2020
World isn't ready for coronavirus outbreak, says Canadian WHO expert
Canada's Health Minister Patty Hajdu said Canada is already ahead of many countries because it has a pandemic plan in place