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
September 18, 2018 Bariatric Medicine Food marketing normalizing processed and junk food as a mainstay of our diets affecting our children’s health
September 12, 2018 Alcoholism UK recommendation for drink-free days due in part to normalization of regular alcohol consumption
September 10, 2018 Health Policy Flu season is coming and nothing will change. Those that reject the flu vaccine for whatever reason will continue to do so. Backfire Effect is in full force with a dash of Dunning-Kruger on the side.