ARTICLES BY THIS AUTHOR
- 12/16/2024
Healthcare workers are under attack. We must do more to ensure their safety
Reading daily safety incident reports leaves the president of St. Joseph’s Healthcare in Hamilton extremely concerned for the safety of healthcare workers. - 12/16/2024
Prevention more effective than treatment in reducing cancer mortality
Eight out of 10 deaths avoided are due to prevention and screening, says study of five types of cancer. - 12/15/2024
Pay equity: Pediatricians file injunction against Quebec's FMSQ
Québec pediatric association is asking the Superior Court to force the specialist federation to correct pay discrepancies for female specialist physicians. - 12/11/2024
Psoriasis linked to ultra-processed foods
A balanced diet with fewer processed and ultra-processed foods leads to better management of psoriasis symptoms, French study finds. - 12/11/2024
Specialty pharmaceuticals: Quebec RPMSQ members join the NPAC
Through Neighbourhood Pharmacy Association of Canada, Quebec specialty pharmacists aim to collaborate with entire national pharmacy sector while their group remains under fire. - 12/9/2024
Drainage after laparoscopic appendectomy less and less justified
Meta-analysis of 3,374 cases of complicated appendicitis operated on by laparoscopy has once again called into question the relevance of this practice. - 12/9/2024
Amphetamines: Critical dose identified that increases risk of psychosis
The risk of psychosis increased by 81% in individuals with ADHD taking doses of more than 30 mg of amphetamines, U.S. study showed. - 12/9/2024
Task force prostate cancer screening guidelines are outdated, CUA says
The Canadian Urological Association says the guidelines, which many family physicians rely on, put patients at risk and need to be updated. - 12/9/2024
Organ preservation to treat rectal cancer may increase metastases risk
Study found the rate of metastatic cancer was significantly higher in cases of local recurrence compared with patients who had undergone total mesorectal excision. - 12/9/2024
Is there still a place for bariatric surgery in the era of GLP-1 receptor agonist drugs?
Surgery still confers the highest degree of long-term and sustained weight loss but multiple comorbidities are more likely, study says.