Cultural Competence

Six ways to make more time in your clinical day (and stave off decision fatigue)
Dr. Sarah Smith provided advice at an OntarioMD symposium.
You seem discouraged
For the majority of my practice, I've cared for marginalized populations, knowing everyone found this kind of work as rewarding as I do. But there consensus used to be that it needed to be done. Today, in Quebec, the message seems to be, if you don’t speak French, please die.

Water is medicine—but it’s also full of medications

Water quality experts are increasingly concerned about finding traces of prescription and OTC drugs in our water systems.
Specialists say there are benefits to couples sleeping separately

Snoring, temperature variations, cover stealers, the list goes on.
One anesthesiologist failing to follow infection control practices possibly exposed thousands in Oregon hospital

More than 2,400 patients at hospitals around Portland, Oregon, may have been exposed to infectious diseases such as hepatitis B and C, as well as HIV, because of an anesthesiologist who may not have followed infection control practices, officials said.
What’s the ‘breast’ age to start mammograms?

Dr. Marina Malak examines the debate on what is the appropriate age to start mammogram screenings in Canada?
The plague rarely affects humans, though the U.S. sees about 7 cases a year. Here's why

With the recent U.S. cases of the plague, here's what to know about the rare bacterial infection that never completely disappeared after the 14th century.
A rare voice box transplant helped a cancer patient speak again, part of a pioneering study

A Massachusetts man has regained his voice after surgeons removed his cancerous larynx and, in a pioneering move, replaced it with a donated one.
B.C. rejects Dr. Bonnie Henry’s report backing non-prescribed alternatives to fentanyl

B.C.’s provincial health officer recommends the province expand its ‘safer supply’ program to prevent overdoses, including allowing access to alternatives to unregulated drugs without a prescription.
Pediatrician appointed dean of University of Saskatchewan's College of Medicine

The new dean of the College of Medicine holds numerous teaching awards.

Six ways to make more time in your clinical day (and stave off decision fatigue)

You seem discouraged

Water is medicine—but it’s also full of medications

Specialists say there are benefits to couples sleeping separately

One anesthesiologist failing to follow infection control practices possibly exposed thousands in Oregon hospital

What’s the ‘breast’ age to start mammograms?

The plague rarely affects humans, though the U.S. sees about 7 cases a year. Here's why

A rare voice box transplant helped a cancer patient speak again, part of a pioneering study

B.C. rejects Dr. Bonnie Henry’s report backing non-prescribed alternatives to fentanyl

Pediatrician appointed dean of University of Saskatchewan's College of Medicine