ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 2/14/2024
Loneliness is killing us
Loneliness is now compared to smoking 15 cigarettes a day in terms of its impact on mortality. - 2/5/2024
What we actually need to do to care for trans youth properly in Alberta and beyond
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith took it upon herslef to prescribe new rules for the complex world of caring for transgender and gender diverse youth in Alberta. The trouble is, she’s not a doctor. - 1/30/2024
Myths we doctors tell ourselves
These bits of well-worn, so-called wisdom are notions I just can't bring myself to believe. - 1/23/2024
The problem with screening . . .
It can be a balancing act trying to get the right answer on whether to screen a patient. Dr. Ted Jablonski outlines 12 pieces to this puzzle. - 1/18/2024
Dr. I.M. Canuck—the perfect Canadian MD?
Dr. Ted Jablonski constructs a 'super' Canadian doctors from the skills each province exemplifies most strongly. - 1/4/2024
The ‘more or less’ model of not-New-Year’s resolutions for busy MDs
Patients ask us for advice. They demand ‘medical clearance’ to embark on elaborate plans of self-flagellation. They tell us what they are going to do, whether we agree or not. - 12/19/2023
If Santa made a clinic visit...
Speculating on the potential health woes of this North Pole legend. - 12/7/2023
The bookends of a medical career
Reflecting: A doctor’s journey from initiation to culmination - 12/3/2023
The war between NP and FP?
Our premier in Alberta loves to throw out (crazy) ideas and watch the response—many of them considered highly contentious, polarizing, and their legitimate implementation improbable. But she puts them out there nonetheless and gets tongues wagging. - 11/21/2023
Connections: A medical art and specialty
The New York Times has a new puzzle that I, like many, am obsessed with—and it's exactly like being an MD.