ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 5/1/2022
B.C. scraps controversial plan to involuntarily treat youth after overdose
Mental Health and Addictions Minister Sheila Malcolmson said concerns about the potential negative impact of the proposed legislation put forward in July 2020 led the province to consult further with First Nations, families, health-care experts and drug users. - 5/1/2022
B.C. PharmaCare program approves additional drugs, expands coverage
The drugs treat conditions including ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease, severely low blood sugar, migraines, low white blood cell levels, multiple sclerosis and heart failure. - 5/1/2022
Time to make time: Tentative deal with Quebec FPs to require them to allocate certain hours to urgent care
Quebecers with a family doctor will be able to see their own doctor or another in their family medicine group in between 36 and 72 hours. - 5/1/2022
Ontario reports no new COVID-19 deaths for first time in nearly a month
The province reported there were 1,423 people hospitalized due to COVID-19, up 13 from the previous day, but noted that more than 10% of facilities don't share data from the weekends. - 5/1/2022
How the COVID-19 pandemic is shaping who will be the next Conservative party leader
More than two years later, they are at it again. But this time, the race is happening during what appears to be the end of Canadians living under government-imposed pandemic rules. - 5/1/2022
Sex matters in biomedical research: Many conditions affect men and women differently
Until recently, these studies hardly ever considered sex—the biological attributes of humans and animals—or gender, the socially constructed characteristics of men, women and gender-diverse people. - 4/28/2022
Is your bias hurting patients?
I am a fat person, and what that means to me at the moment is that I cannot access needed medical care because of systemic weight bias. - 4/28/2022
CPhA to host national town hall May 3
The event will kick off Mental Health Week and feature data the CPhA has recently gathered on the state of mental health in the pharmacy world. - 4/28/2022
No room! B.C. doc says stop building big residential housing where there are no FPs to care for newcomers
A Comox Valley family physician recently told his local councillors that it could directly impact the family doctor shortage by putting a moratorium on new large-scale residential building, in a bid to stem the tide of newcomers moving to the area. - 4/28/2022
New service to replace Telehealth Ontario, provide online options for those seeking primary care
Health Connect Ontario is replacing Telehealth Ontario, maintaining the option to call 811 to connect with a primary care provider or newly to visit a website 24/7. - 4/28/2022
How do we come back from a pandemic of misinformation?
I’ve had irate family members of patients whom I was calling to inform of a positive COVID test yelling at me over the phone that I should be ashamed that the medical community has “suppressed” ivermectin as a prophylactic and treatment drug. It’s gotten so bad that at least one spouse of a patient threatened to kill me if their spouse died of COVID. - 4/28/2022
Empowering Canadians to improve our healthcare system
Dr. Linda LeBlanc outlines concrete steps to improve patient responsibility in the healthcare system.