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White Coat Black Art26:30Meet the people who help sedate you One solution to a critical shortage of anesthesiologists in Canada could lie with increasing the ranks of anesthesia assistants, advocates say. “In a situation where we have a serious … access to surgical care issue, we have to think aboutContinue Reading

White Coat Black Art·Q&A The federal election campaign so far has been dominated by curveballs from the U.S. But meanwhile, the state of public healthcare in Canada remains dire. Health law expert Colleen Flood, dean of law at Queen’s University, explains why Canadians should demand healthcare reform no matter whichContinue Reading

The Dose25:07How do I deal with stress in situations I can’t fully control? Political science professor Julie Simmons is no stranger to stressful current events.  Though she’s active in discussions around Canada’s current federal election campaign, Simmons says it’s the U.S. government’s unpredictability — including threats to the Canada-U.S. relationshipContinue Reading

White Coat Black Art26:30Saving elderly patients from the hazards of the ER It’s 7 a.m. in the emergency department of St. Mary’s Hospital in Montreal, and geriatric nurse Leeza Paolone is starting her day in front of a screen filled with patient names, taking note of each one highlighted inContinue Reading

White Coat Black Art26:30What if palliative care was about living better? Palliative care has an image problem. Despite what people think, it’s not some kind of “Grim Reaper service,” say two of Canada’s leading experts in this field of medicine. Ideally, it should focus on improving a patient’s quality ofContinue Reading

White Coat Black Art26:30Primary care for all: Lessons from Denmark Emily Ritchie wasn’t nervous about finding a doctor in Denmark. She knew that within days of moving from Vancouver to her family’s new home in Copenhagen last year, they would be connected to a general practitioner.  Denmark residents are givenContinue Reading

The Dose21:45What do I need to know about HPV and the HPV vaccine? Gilles Charette first noticed something was going on with his body when he found an anal wart during a shower.  Charette confirmed with a nurse practitioner that he had acquired a human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, and quicklyContinue Reading

The Dose26:02How can I spot and deal with health and science misinformation? A new survey from the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) shows that health misinformation is on the rise, as more Canadians turn to social media for their news over traditional media organizations.  According to the CMA’s annual health andContinue Reading

The Dose21:18What do I need to know about HMPV? When news broke a few weeks ago of a respiratory infection driving up hospitalizations in Northern China, some headlines misrepresented the novelty of the virus responsible for the disease.  “It’s not, ‘Here’s a new disease you should be aware of.’ LiterallyContinue Reading