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- 5/30/2022
Fish tales from the other side of the pond
You can liberate the fish, but as Dr. Gary Kinney explains, you can’t ensure they’ll survive the battle. - 5/30/2022
From Latin poetry to sham surgery: A history of placebos
Technically speaking, we have been using placebos for thousands of years. Ancient medicines and rituals practiced by earlier humans were often (at best) medically inert. The Ebers Papyrus (1500 B.C.) listed hundreds of prescriptions used in ancient Egypt, with modern study finding the vast majority to be “medically worthless.” Whether intentional or not, these were placebo interventions. - 5/30/2022
B.C. starts Burnaby Hospital upgrade as rural hospitals face weekend ward closures
British Columbia's hospital system is "teetering'' and in need of more federal funding, Premier John Horgan said, as he addressed recent temporary ward closures at hospitals in rural communities. - 5/29/2022
This pain is not age-related! Why won't anyone listen?
After too many years of chronic pain, a proper diagnosis gives elite athlete Dr. Janet Green her life back. - 5/29/2022
WHO: Monkeypox won't turn into pandemic, but many unknowns
Most monkeypox patients experience only fever, body aches, chills and fatigue. People with more serious illness may develop a rash and lesions on the face and hands that can spread to other parts of the body. - 5/26/2022
How pharmacists can help patients manage celiac disease
As many as 300,000 Canadians could have CD; however, many remain undiagnosed. The disease can be difficult to diagnose since it can present with a variety of symptoms at any point in life. - 5/26/2022
LGBTQ stigma threatens to 'spread like a virus' in monkeypox response, say advocates
Health authorities are investigating more than two dozen confirmed monkeypox cases in Canada as part of an unprecedented outbreak of the rare disease that seldom spreads outside Africa. - 5/26/2022
The good goodbye
Last month I closed my practice in the big city because my husband and I bought a house on an island. It was a challenging three-month transition process, yet I had some valuable insights about how doctors can say goodbye to their patients. - 5/26/2022
POLL: Have you ever witnessed or had to treat victims of gun violence?
In the wake of a tragic mass shooting that killed several school children in Texas, doctors around the world have been discussing how often they’ve seen—and treated—wounds and trauma from gun and other types of violence. - 5/26/2022
Canadian Blood Service seeks to scrap lifetime ban on sex workers donating blood
The blood-donation service this month recommended to Health Canada that it abolish the lifetime ban on donation by people who have taken money or drugs in exchange for sex.