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  • Ontario: the biggest loser in primary care

    Data analysis shows 240 family physicians left the profession in 2023 – highest number in recent history and much higher than any other province.
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  • Meditation with Melissa

    There are so many purported health benefits of meditation—but it can be tricky for doctors to slow down and actively do an activity that feels like doing nothing. Here's how I approach meditation.
  • Addicted to medicine

    Driven by perfectionism and external reinforcement, some doctors become trapped in workaholism.
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  • Sensory impairment: numbness or tingling

    In most instances, numbness is a temporary symptom of multiple sclerosis and it remits without intervention. Consequently, numbness is often considered more of an annoyance than a disabling symptom. However, in severe cases, numbness can interfere with a person’s ability to function normally.
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  • No solutions found in election-style healthcare politics

    Healthcare issues are complex and serious, and don’t lend themselves to simple election-style rhetoric like ‘The Budget Will Balance Itself’ and ‘Buck-A-Beer.’
    Woman. Dr. Merrilee Fullerton is an Ottawa physician and former MPP for Ontario from 2018 to 2023.
  • A Sarnia family doctor with 4,500 patients

    One Ontario physician, with well above the average patient roster, discusses how he's well underway with leveraging his office's team to provide as much care as they can.
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  • Financial fables: Properly pondering a pension

    Dr. Vu Kiet Tran is back with another financial fable for physicians.
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  • What does it mean to make a choice?

    We often assume that when someone chooses MAiD, they are exercising autonomy. But is this true autonomy, or is it simply the brain braining, following conditioned thoughts like a river follows its course?
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