Ask a Doctor: Why Canadian medicare should neither ‘go Dutch’ or ‘go to the dogs’
August 8, 2014
This is the title of a very interesting article in one of the medical newspapers I subscribe. It is in regards to a ...
August 8, 2014
This is the title of a very interesting article in one of the medical newspapers I subscribe. It is in regards to a ...
July 15, 2014
According to recent statistics the number of persons >60 in the world, will double from 756 to 1400 million by ...
March 27, 2014
The other day, I was in a cab going to a meeting in a downtown hospital, when the driver, a sympathetic young man ...
April 3, 2013
For those who follow my column regularly, about 2-3 years ago I wrote an article on the power of placebos. To refresh ...
February 8, 2013
In this article, I will specifically address the issue of how pain is managed with medications. As discussed in the ...
November 16, 2012
A few weeks ago, my first patient of the day was a woman in her mid50s (‘ll call her Kate – not her real name-). ...
August 24, 2012
This probably seems like a strange title for this article. Not to worry dear reader, you will soon understand what the ...
May 25, 2012
When a patient of mine visited me recently (a lovely 74-year old-woman), she wanted to know if a special procedure ...
March 23, 2012
I borrowed this title from the thoughtful article by André Picard, published in The Globe and Mail on March 6, 2012. ...
February 24, 2012
February 24th 2012: I just could not resist passing on to you a summary of an article that hit my desk. It bears the ...