May 9, 2019 Health Policy Health Canada’s decides to lower the blood donation abstinence period for gay men to three months. Why single out gay men when others engage in a myriad of sexual practices but do not not face the same blood donation restrictions?
May 7, 2019 Health Policy More young people seeking mental services in ER; prolonged wait times for community psychiatric services are a major issue
May 1, 2019 Health Policy Health Canada’s medication safety warnings are not consistent with those of other countries.
April 26, 2019 Addiction Providing a safe prescribed and monitored source of opioids can help reduce the risk of drug overdoses by reducing the need to seek street-available drugs. It has the potential to add some normalcy into a life.
April 17, 2019 Bariatric Medicine Tobacco soon to be shoved off its perch as the number one cause of preventable cancers by increasing obesity rates
April 15, 2019 Health Policy If truly happening, ‘measles parties’ designed to purposefully infect children with a potentially fatal disease is the epitome of ignorance and can be considered a form of child abuse.
April 12, 2019 General information Add hospital privacy curtains to the list of under-recognized sources of bacterial contamination