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Ask the Doctor: Aging, Quality of Life, and Pain

July 15, 2014

According to recent statistics the number of persons >60 in the world, will double from 756 to 1400 million by ...

The Middle-Aged Guide to Growing Up: Hot Wheels

January 8, 2014

I’m a Boomer, born just as North American automobiles blossomed from rounded modest post-war creatures into swooping ...

The Middle-Aged Guide to Growing Up: Hurry Sundown

October 18, 2013

I’m a Boomer, and my grade 4 class was cancelled and sent home when we learned JFK had been shot. I saw Lee Harvey ...

Seniors' Moments – Pain and Stress Management – June 26, 2013

June 4, 2013

Want to Feel Calmer and Less Stressed? Find out how to remove your pain and fear forever! Do you have pain that comes ...

Ask the Doctor # 57: Pain Management in End-of-Life Care and the role of pain medications

February 8, 2013

In this article, I will specifically address the issue of how pain is managed with medications. As discussed in the ...

Ask a Doctor: Pain Management in End-of-Life Care

January 11, 2013

Mrs. K. is a 55 year-old woman, married with two teenager daughters. She was diagnosed with breast cancer 7 years ago. ...

Ask a Doctor: Fighting Pain with Your Mind

July 27, 2012

Over the course of the 30 years I have practiced exclusively in the area of chronic pain, I have spoken to many ...

Disaster in the Making: Provinces have No Plan to Help Ease in New Oxycontin Restriction

February 24, 2012

Purdue Pharmaceuticals, which manufactures OxyContin (a powerful opiate and painkiller) is replacing it with a drug ...

Ask the Doctor: The 5 crises in Pain Management

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 ...

Back to Opioids: the dual tragedy continues – PART I

January 13, 2012

Over a year ago I wrote a column about the “Opioid Public Health Crisis” in Ontario. Opioids are a class of ...