ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

• 6/5/2023

  $154M put up to improve healthcare services across Manitoba's north

  Anticipated to cost about $39 million, the province said the new clinic will replace two aging, undersized sites currently in use.
• 6/5/2023

  Whither NACI: What’s driving the committee’s ongoing decisions on COVID?

  NACI has had a tough job during COVID-19. But has it done a good job? And what could it being doing better to help tackle COVID in this new phase of the pandemic?
• 6/5/2023

  At BC Cancer, doctors are afraid to speak out, while patients wait and wait and wait

  So, what’s the plan to correct this sorry state of affairs?
• 6/4/2023

  ‘Blue balls’: There’s no evidence they’re harmful, and they shouldn’t be used to pressure partners into sex

  Although no one knows how the pain of blue balls develops, most implicate the slowed drainage of blood from the testicles in the absence of orgasm during sexual arousal.
• 6/4/2023

  The story’s end

  This bonus chapter from 'These Vital Signs' by nephrologist and writer Dr. Sayed Tabatabai holds a deeply personal story about his grandmother.
• 6/4/2023

  What to know about the case of the missing Missouri ER doctor found dead in Arkansas

  A doctor in the Missouri Ozarks went missing for over a week until his body was found in an Arkansas lake. But the case remains shrouded in mystery as investigators have released few details to his family or the public.
• 6/4/2023

  B.C. giving $4.5 million to upgrade children's hospice facility

  Health Minister Adrian Dix says the funding will go toward structural repairs, enhancing patient care rooms, improving ventilation and making it more accessible.
• 6/4/2023

  Swimming safety reminders for the pool, beach and cottage this summer

  Drowning is the second leading cause of preventable death for children under 10 years old in Canada.
• 6/4/2023

  Hormone patches or creams for menopause symptoms may have lower blood pressure risk than pills

  Canadian researchers wondered if the way hormones are absorbed—orally, vaginally or through the skin—could play a role.
• 6/4/2023

  98% of Ontario referendum participants do not support Bill 60 & the privatization of healthcare

  On May 8, the Ford government passed Bill 60, which allows for the appointment of directors to regulate for-profit clinics.