6/8/2022 In a rare moment of both current and Canadian-specific research, a recent CMAJ article just came out on the prevalence of suicidal ideation and attempts of transgender and nonbinary adolescents. And it has Dr. Ted Jablonski sitting up and paying attention.
5/29/2022 After a winter that seemed like forever, full of COVID, divisive politics and other woes, Dr. Ted Jablonski has a somewhat unusual summer prescription for getting back to feeling a little more normal.
5/18/2022 I recently discovered WORD DOC—essentially a wordle in which the word to be guessed must be somehow medical.
4/5/2022 In the sports medicine and physiotherapy world, a soft tissue injury used to be treated with the principle of RICE. But what about mnemonics PEACE and LOVE?
3/28/2022 Should we be putting the “night cap” to rest?
3/16/2022 I can easily imaging my perfect day overall, but for me personally, what would my perfect clinic day look like?
3/10/2022 I have medical colleagues with Russian passports. They are living and working in Canada for a reason. They are not happy with what is going on in Russia. As a medical director, should I demand that they publicly denounce Putin or they shouldn’t work at our clinic?
3/2/2022 The more I read about the past, the more I’m starting to see a pattern. And as we, yet again, exit some of these restrictions in much of the country, I’m reminded of prohibition’s clamorous rise and fall.
2/17/2022 A large part of my medical practice involves men’s sexual health. There is a small grouping of men who come in with an agenda and are rigid in their expectations of what I should do for them. They are generally obsessive and their concerns are unusually intense and urgent (to them). They can be demanding and threatening.
2/15/2022 “Difficult patients,” present with a wide variety of traits that test us to the core of our professional and personal limits. We know who these patients are. They invariably bring out a sudden sympathetic response when we see them on our day sheet. We know these patients far too well.
2/7/2022 The Olympics are meant to be a time for setting aside our differences, but there's rarely a year where controversy doesn't muddle the waters, no matter where or when they take place.
1/31/2022 It seems difficult to have a conversation with someone who can’t stop honking their horn or screaming with a placard. And here we remain as medical professionals doing the best we possibly can to hold it all together day to day to day.
