December 6, 2018 Health Policy We are not as prepared as we should be for the next flu pandemic. Human nature being what it is will fall back on being reactive instead of proactive.
December 4, 2018 Emergency Medicine Should boxing be banned because of the concussion toll and long-term health damage to boxers? What about MMA?
December 3, 2018 Health Headlines Tinkering around the edges will not solve the hallway medicine problem. Look at European systems for guidance. They do a better job.
November 29, 2018 Health Policy Early flu season statistics show that it is off to a brisk start disproportionately affecting younger age groups. The flu virus responsible for this is influenza A H1N1. The vaccine covers H1N1 and is a good match this year to prevent infection.
November 15, 2018 Health Policy Another (wrong) assumption that all there is to diagnosing strep throat can be reduced to doing a rapid strep test. Pharmacists should not be doing these tests. My conversation with Bill provides the details why.
November 5, 2018 Health Policy High dose flu vaccine recommendations are not solely based on economic factors. Cost may be greater but vulnerability of older adults are a consideration
October 24, 2018 Addiction Number of young people dying from opioid overdose is great enough to negatively affect Canadian average life expectancy
October 4, 2018 Health Policy Hospital funding increased by Ontario government. What is the denominator in all of this? Without it, how are we to analyze how much of the problem is addressed?
October 1, 2018 General information Predicting the severity of the upcoming flu season is a roll of the dice
