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Ask the Doctor: Old, tough and in chronic pain

July 14, 2011

I often see a neighbor of mine who is an older man chopping wood, carrying sizeable boulders, taking care of his large ...

Ask the Doctor: Pain is everywhere I go

June 10, 2011

June 10th 2011: This paper about human pain. During my trip to Greece with a delegation of prominent Canadians ...

Dr. Mailis Goes to Greece with the PM

June 9, 2011

A couple of weeks ago I received an unexpected phone call from the Prime Minister’s office. Steven Harper ...

#38. Women and pelvic pain: A big pain problem below the waist

April 29, 2011

Chronic or cyclical pelvic pain in women is a very big health issue. Most data come from large studies in the USA. It ...

Pain, psychology and culture: How our ethnic origin and culture affect perception and expression of pain

April 15, 2011

Canada is a multicultural nation. Ten years ago the percentage of foreign born in Canada was 18% (although it varied ...

#35 Chronic pain, mind and emotions

March 11, 2011

As science has progressed over the last few years, we have come to understand that the old dictum of separating mind ...

Understanding why people feel pain differently: Disease versus Illness

February 24, 2011

So far, I have discussed a number of pain syndromes (some of which are more prevalent in men and others in women) as ...

CARP and Yee Hong Launch New Partnership in Style

February 11, 2011

CARP launched its partnership with Yee Hong Centre for Geriatric Care at this year’s Dragon Ball. The annual ...

A Most Common Affliction: LOWER BACK PAIN AND SURGERY (part III)

February 11, 2011

In the previous columns we discussed episodic and chronic lower back pain (LBP) treated with non surgical means. I ...

LOWER BACK PAIN (part II)

January 26, 2011

One of the most important questions I ask the patients who come to see me with Lower Back Pain (LBP) is: “What do ...