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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 ...

Ask the Doctor: Reaching out to Community Doctors

May 16, 2014

On April 8, 2014 the Ontario Ministry of Health made an announcement that is truly a breakthrough for the care of ...

Ask a Doctor: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

February 7, 2014

The other day my clinic coordinator had just taken the history from a female patient and came to discuss it with me ...

Who is asking me to write a prescription for medical marijuana?

November 1, 2013

I have always openly shared my personal experiences in pain matters with my readers, and even though medical ...

Ask a Doctor: Smoking pot, painkiller for the patient and headache for the doctor

October 4, 2013

  Editor's Note: Our doctor in residence, Dr. Mailis Gagnon, advises us that this is to be the first of a ...

Ask a Doctor: Replacing Worn Out Joints

August 9, 2013

Twelve years ago, my motorcycle (750 pounds of sheer chrome and metal) fell on my right knee when my front wheel got ...

Ask a Doctor: Movement, pain and function

July 12, 2013

In the very early years of my career (many moons ago), I was called to see Ms. E., a delightful 75 year old woman who ...

Ask a Doctor: What the experts say about treating pain in older people

May 3, 2013

A few weeks ago I came across an article published in Age Ageing (2013;42(2):151-153), that I thought I would share ...

Ask the Doctor: #59. Sleepless nights, wasted days

March 8, 2013

Ms. AF was a 54-year-old woman who came to see me with complaints of electric shock-like pain in her leg after a leg ...

Ask a Doctor: A real story of Indomitable spirit

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-). ...