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- 12/1/2020
Quebec hospitals: Health workers are running out of steam
As we begin to glimpse the holiday season, healthcare workers in Quebec hospitals are already at the end of their rope. “We lost a lot of soldiers since there were outbreaks in several hospitals. Currently, there is a strong community transmission within the nursing staff,” observed Dr. Gilbert Boucher, president of the association of specialists in emergency medicine of Quebec and an emergency physician at the Montreal Heart Institute. - 12/1/2020
Influenza: more than a respiratory disease
A recent review of the influenza concludes that the longer-term impact of this infectious disease is even more far-reaching than previously thought. - 12/1/2020
How to minimize the occurrence of post-vaccination shoulder injury
Shoulder injury caused by injecting too high into the shoulder can be prevented with proper injection technique. - 11/30/2020
Arthropods, obstetrics and instant coffee
- 11/30/2020
The new climate curriculum
A cadre of students and young doctors are aiming to reform medical education and give us new hope against climate change. - 11/30/2020
Silver linings 2020
Several months into the shutdown, my son forwarded something he saw on the internet that summed the year up perfectly. Loosely translated it said, “to whoever started playing Jumanji in January, please finish your turn.” Despite all the dysthymia and disappointment, I believe there are two silver linings hidden in 2020 that we haven’t fully appreciated.