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Drug-Pushing and Bribery at the American Academy of Neurology
I recently returned from a university-sponsored junket to New Orleans, where I attended the 2012 meeting of the American Academy of Neurology. I learned a few things, met a few people of interest to...
View ArticleThe Politics of Health
As the newest member of the Open Medicine blog team, you can expect posts from me that focus on the intersection of health and elected politics. If I had started posting some months ago, you might have...
View ArticleInterim Federal Health, Bill C-31, Jason Kenney & Refugee Health – a Primer
Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism, has been a very busy man as of late. In less than five months, he has sought to redefine Canada’s threshold for asylum seekers...
View ArticleHealth Provider Action & Media Coverage of IFHP Reform
The proposed Interim Federal Health Program cuts (discussed further here) have not only motivated individual physicians to action, but also mobilized groups of health providers nation wide. On May 11,...
View ArticleWhy I'm cheering for the Québec protesters
Reading through some of the coverage pertaining to the ongoing tuition crisis in Québec, I've noticed certain people arguing vociferously against the students' demands. Let's call them "Team Race to...
View ArticleHealth Providers for Refugee Care: National Day of Action June 18th
As my colleague pointed out here and here, the current federal government is going to be instituting major cuts to health services for refugees starting at the end of the month. On June 18th, a broad...
View ArticleAccess to Abortion in Malawi
Since January, my Fellowship in Global Health & Vulnerable Populations has taken me to St. Gabriel's Hospital, a rural district hospital in Malawi. For the past two months, I’ve been tending to the...
View ArticleWhy I had to interrupt the Minister: Don't cut refugee health care
When Minister Diane Finley spoke in London on Thursday, I stood up and interrupted her in the name of my fellow physicians and our refugee patients who have long been a staple in the practice of...
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Dr. Frances Kelsey and Thalidomide: Standing up for evidence based medicine
July 24 marked Dr. Frances Kelsey’s 98th birthday. Dr. Kelsey is a true medical hero from North America (‘North America’ is more befitting as I consider her a true Canadian hero and inspiration while...
View ArticleThe Canadian Medical Association: From Profit to Equity
The recent annual meeting of the Canadian Medical Association was remarkable for a number of reasons. Most notably, for its explicit focus on health equity and the social determinants of health....
View ArticleMedia release: Multispecialty physician networks in Ontario
Open MedicineA peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal.FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMultispecialty physician networks in OntarioThis week, Open Medicine <http://www.openmedicine.ca/> published a...
View ArticleImproving chronic disease management
Providing better care for patients with chronic disease requires well-connected networks, each consisting of a primary care provider, specialists, and hospitals. Ideally, the combination of good care...
View ArticleMaking an impact: the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment
Open Medicine has just signed onto a brand-new, worldwide declaration called the San Francisco Declaration On Research Assessment, or DORA for short. The declaration represents a response to a...
View ArticleHow to Fix Canada's Health Care System
Therese Stukel and David Henry, two lead authors on this week's OM paper, argue on the Huffington Post blog that Canada's health care system requires urgent reform, particularly in the area of chronic...
View ArticleGood night Dr. Morgentaler
Henry Morgentaler died this morning, at home, at 90.Dr. Morgentaler has had a Tommy Douglas-scale influence on health policy in Canada. Beginning in 1967 when he defended women's right to safely...
View ArticleMedia release: Probiotics vs. C.difficile and diarrhea—a systematic review
Open MedicineA peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal.FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEProbiotics for the prevention of antibiotic-associated diarrhea and Clostridium difficile infection among...
View ArticleMedia release: Herpes zoster as a marker of underlying malignancy
Open MedicineA peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal.FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEHerpes zoster as a marker of underlying malignancyToday, Open Medicine <http://www.openmedicine.ca/> published...
View ArticleOverstating the case
Andre Picard has a great piece in today's Globe and Mail. It's summed up pretty well in the headline, "Take news of cancer 'breakthrough' with a big grain of salt". He looks at the coverage of the...
View ArticleObesity, disease and the social determinants of health
With the American Medical Association’s recent decision to reclassify obesity as a disease (it was previously "a condition"), the Canadian Medical Association may well begin considering a similar...
View ArticleOpen access and academic freedom
This week The Guardian has an insightful piece on the risks and rewards of open access publishing for academic freedom. It's a thoughtful take on it all and worth reading in its (not very long)...
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