Discussions

National recommendations fail to recognize urgency and dangers of unidentified perinatal depression
Nicole Letourneau argues it's long past time for the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care to revisit the perinatal depression screening guidelines and listen to Canadian expert opinion and international evidence.
So you want to be a doctor in Newfoundland?
Dr. Melissa Yuan-Innes takes a locum in N.L. but oh, the paperwork to get a license in another province!

Reflections on leaving family practice

FPs have been unofficially assigned responsibility to make sure things actually get done when no one else will. It is mentally exhausting, says Dr. Ramsey Hijazi.
POLL: If you have a significant other, do you have a scheduled weekly date night?

See what your colleagues say. Take our weekly doctor poll.
Forgetting appointments, deadlines and that call to Mom—the phenomenon of prospective memory and how to improve yours

Have you ever walked into a room and then wondered why you went there? If you’ve experienced this phenomenon, you’ve had a prospective memory lapse.
Is your information for patients hard to understand?

As a professional communicator with a background in science, even I’ve been confused by letters I’ve received as a patient. Here’s my advice for keeping things simple, logical and clear.
Premiers’ meeting was a fight about federalism, not funding

Healthcare funding ‘side deals’ has been Ottawa’s way but that isn’t true cooperative federalism, argues Dr. Shawn Whatley.
Private equity and healthcare: Should Canadians be concerned?

As Canadians, we should be asking questions about why private equity investment firms are so interested in owning parts of our healthcare system.
Pushing pills and curing ills

How long have physicians been pushing remedies for asymptomatic disease?
Multiple Sclerosis symptoms: Dysarthria

As the latest installment in this continuing series, pharmacist Nancy Banoub examines a symptom of MS that can cause communication difficulties for patients.