Marjo Johne
ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 2/22/2022
Tax deduction pointers
What you deduct adds up: 5 tips for optimizing your taxes this year. - 2/21/2022
'Unfit' doc ran clinics that did urine drug tests without gloves, announced results within other patients' earshot
Dr. Bijan Pardis has an 11-year history of incompetence that included improper disposal or bio wastes and hiring a methadone patient who was entrusted to store and dispense the drug to himself and other patients. - 2/17/2022
Wrongfully accused: Doctor arrested for child porn in case of mistaken identity suing police for $3 million
Police were looking for a man named Dustin Barnett. But when they tried to trace an email account through a Google search, they got Dr. David Barnett's email in error and arrested him–even after a judge flagged the mistake, according to the doctor's lawyers. - 2/17/2022
Look Ma, no needles: Newly approved injection system is completely puncture-free
The NuGen injector is unique in its ability to deliver variable doses–a feature that’s especially useful for patients with diabetes. - 2/16/2022
Cardiologist charged with sexual assault in 2012 consultation
Dr. Michael Stephen Connelly, who worked in Calgary, has withdrawn from practice. - 2/16/2022
Doctor ordered pregnancy and urinalysis tests without telling patients
Saskatoon physician Dr. Laura Tanyi-Remarck has been suspended for two months and ordered to pay close to $31,000 in hearing costs. - 2/16/2022
Doctor who failed to consider possible cancer diagnosis ordered to pay $125,000 in damages and cost
While a B.C. judge ruled Dr. Herbert C.Y. Chang was negligent, she found him not liable for the patient's 'bleak' prognosis. - 2/15/2022
Blue sky thinking: What a B.C. project is learning about drone-delivered health services for remote communities
Weather's a big factor, especially when there's a risk of frost. But relationships and respect for local culture are just as critical if such as projects are to take off in the future. - 2/13/2022
Guilty finding against doctor hired to write 'secret' psychiatric opinion on controversial professor
Dr. Louis Morissette, a Montreal psychiatrist, based his report on third-party information and did not interview the subject, Denis Rancourt, a physics professor whose decade-long legal battle with the University of Ottawa was settled in 2019. - 2/10/2022
Crazy little thing called love: The science, the mystery and the fun of it all
While science has helped us understand the inner workings of this thing called love, there's still so much we don't know—like how to have a successful first date, or how to heal a broken heart.
