ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 10/23/2019
CFP awards Sherry Peister Pillar of Pharmacy Award
Peister has been a board member for Green Shield Canada (GSC) since 1997 and became the first female Chair in 2010 - 10/23/2019
Change approach to diagnosing autism to ease wait times, stress: doctor
The Canadian Pediatric Society's task force on autism spectrum disorders has released recommendations for a more flexible approach to diagnosis - 10/23/2019
Should I eat red meat? Confusing studies diminish trust in nutrition science
The new study still finds that reducing unprocessed red meat consumption by three servings in a week is associated with an an approximately 8% lower lifetime risk of heart disease, cancer and early death - 10/23/2019
To negotiate together or apart?
Only in Quebec do specialists and FPs negotiate as two groups—but doctors in B.C. once came close - 10/23/2019
Why do women doctors get sued less?
It can’t be entirely explained by discrepancies in age or specialty—part of it is behavioural - 10/23/2019
College policies in the #MeToo era
How Canada’s medical regulators are changing the way they’re dealing with sexual misconduct - 10/23/2019
Too much information
How much do we need to know about doctors who’ve been accused of wrongdoing, and when do we need to know it? - 10/23/2019
Therapeutic indication for gout drug Uloric (febuxostat) made stricter in Canada
Health Canada changes follow U.S. findings of increased risk of death with febuxostat compared with allopurinol - 10/22/2019
Toronto pharmacist sentenced to 13 years in prison for fentanyl scheme
Toronto family doctor George Otto was also allegedly working with the pharmacist to illicitly distribute the drug