Is serving as a president of the OMA a burial ground for ambitious physicians?Dr. Jabir Jassam wonders if there is a stifling of ambition that happens for some reason to those who go in hoping to change the OMA. What we actually need to do to care for trans youth properly in Alberta and beyondAlberta 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. Life advice from Arnie The Governator has some pretty wise life advice for pharmacists—and anyone else, really—about how to turn our dreams into reality and be more effective. Two approaches to ‘one problem per visit’ Imagine a Dr. Max and Dr. Min, faced with the policy against ‘one problem per visit,’ adapt differently in handling a patient with multiple concerns. Popularly known as ‘gas station heroin,’ tianeptine is being sold as a dietary supplement—with deadly outcomes Tianeptine stimulates the same receptors as well-known opioids such as fentanyl, heroin and morphine. Poll: If a patient asks for your private email address (or text or cell number), do you give it to them? See what your colleagues say. Take our weekly doctor poll. Physicians as pharmacy owners Laying back on his couch at the end of a long day, Dr. Jabir Jassam thought up a potentially lucrative venture. Backlash to transgender healthcare isn’t new—but the faulty science used to justify it has changed to meet the times In the past century, there have been three waves of opposition to transgender healthcare. Myths we doctors tell ourselves These bits of well-worn, so-called wisdom are notions I just can't bring myself to believe. My list: Why Canadian family doctors are collapsing Here's my list of reasons—after all, it's a massive problem with far more than one cause to blame. First Previous 43 44 45 46 47 Next Last
