ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR

• 1/18/2016

  Screen-capped: A physician's guide to navigating the screen-time debate

  In a Medical Post survey from last spring, 61% of the 588 Canadian family physicians, pediatricians and psychiatrists polled said their patients had asked them how much screen time was healthy. While a clear answer has been elusive (studies have yet to determine an obvious threshold after which spending time in front of a screen becomes harmful), almost every one of those doctors surveyed (98%) agreed that children under 12 in particular are spending "too much time" looking at screens.
• 1/18/2016

  Press Review - January 19, 2016

• 1/18/2016

  Number of doctors in Quebec continues to rise

• 1/17/2016

  Chief medical officer makes deal with New Brunswick government after being terminated

• 1/17/2016

  Alberta Health Services drops disciplinary action against workers

• 1/17/2016

  Manitoba government to offer more free products to help smokers butt out

  Details on how people can apply to be announced in the spring.
• 1/17/2016

  Highrise residents who have cardiac arrest have lower survival rates: study

• 1/17/2016

  Health ministers signal new relations with federal government at Vancouver talks

• 1/17/2016

  N.S. releases draft standard on physician-assisted death

• 1/17/2016

  Former cardiologist sentenced to life for brutal slaying of his two children