Links to Canadian clinical guidelines and statements available online free-of-charge, recently updated with resources on COVID-19, COVID-19 vaccine, Ebola virus vaccine, influenza vaccine, pain after surgery and type 2 diabetes management.
The court order, which will expire Nov. 27, 2020, prevents Dr. McKee from providing the 17-year-old with "counsel, advice or advocacy in preparation for, promotion of, or performing a double mastectomy or any surgery.”
New technologies like continuous glucose monitoring are one way to keep diabetes patients from needing to be physically present with their physicians to manage their health, said Dr. Jeremy Gilbert, an endocrinologist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto.
The level of amputations has risen for diabetics during the pandemic, he said, as people have been afraid to seek treatment even with telltale trouble signs like numbness in limbs.
The viral threat has many of my patients running scared—some have barely left their homes since the pandemic began. These include the elderly, the immunocompromised and those with comorbidities.
