Drug news—FebruaryA review of new launches, new indications, new dosage forms and Health Canada advisories. Ontario’s healthcare agreement with Ottawa will not fix broken systemThe federal-provincial agreement represents more central planning designed to fix problems created by central planning. Back to basics on chronic pain: Mechanisms and measurements Is brain imaging technology the way to confirm experience of pain? Torsades de pointes vs. sepsis—can you avoid both? Patient case study: Why did the ER physician want me to call him, urgently, before dispensing this patient’s script for UTI? The challenges facing new family physicians A FP trainees’ plea for change that she sent to local media in Sudbury, Ont. – the place she hoped would have been home. Governments can improve patient, physician health by reducing ‘red tape’ CMA president Dr. Kathleen Ross and Dan Kelly of the Canadian Federation of Independent Business recently made the case for a nationwide effort combating excess paperwork in healthcare. Actually, Ontario does NOT have a shortage of family physicians . . . Dr. Sohail Gandhi argues family doctors should be paid for doing admin work. For the love of Spiderman (and the husbands who read his comics) Two women, both confronting the untimely mortaility of their husbands, meet in a comic book shop and offer each other real support. POLL: Do you give out stress-leave doctor’s notes? See what your colleagues say. Take our weekly doctor poll. Loneliness is killing us Loneliness is now compared to smoking 15 cigarettes a day in terms of its impact on mortality. First Previous 34 35 36 37 38 Next Last