Knowing how to reverse an overdose is an essential skill for students living in the toxic drug era. Teaching someone to use #naloxone, nasal or injectable, takes mere minutes. Surely this is an investment worth making in our kids’ lives. By André Picard theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

50 years ago the Lalonde report offered sensible spending advice on #health promotion and disease prevention. But it has been largely ignored, ensuring our sickness-care system will never be able to meet the demands of the population. By André Picard theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

For too long, we have been unduly fearful of hormone replacement therapy. But new data and analysis suggests #HRT has a role to play in treating #menopause symptoms. Unfortunately, it’s a lot easier to scare people than to un-scare them. By André Picard theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

PSA to anyone who uses RogersHelps for business and needs receipts - ensure you PRINT all your bills or avoid e-bills, as anything beyond 18 months is not digitally available and they charge you $20 PER BILL to send you even a digital copy!

Twitter just isn’t Twitter anymore. When “White Dudes for Harris” was suspended -- its only identifiable sin was gathering almost 200,000 followers -- we were reminded us that this is Elon Musk’s personal platform now, Molly Roberts washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/… via Washington Post Opinions

The world is making steady progress tackling HIV-AIDS – but challenges remain. And it is the social and political aspects of our response to the disease that often seem to be the hardest barriers to overcome. By André Picard via The Globe and Mail #HIVAIDS theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

There’s been a summer surge in #COVID19 cases. Should I get a booster shot now or wait until the fall for the new updated COVID vaccine? By ⁦Paul Taylor⁩ via ⁦The Globe and Mail⁩ #COVID #vaccination theglobeandmail.com/life/health-an…

There’s been a summer surge in #COVID19 cases. Should I get a booster shot now or wait until the fall for the new updated COVID vaccine? by ⁦Paul Taylor⁩ via ⁦Globe Health⁩ theglobeandmail.com/life/health-an…

With COVID, “there is no evidence that we are approaching anything that resembles seasonality." If you're high risk, get a booster, Paul Taylor writes: theglobeandmail.com/life/health-an…

"Not wanting to pay the going rate for labour is emphatically not the same thing as a shortage of labour." theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editor…

We can provide #PrimaryCare to every Ontarian for the price of two hospitals. To reform primary care, immediate investment and policy action are needed from our provincial political leaders, by Danielle Martin Jane Philpott Dr. Sarita Verma (She/Her) ottawacitizen.com/opinion/martin… via Ottawa Citizen

ICYMI — There’s been a summer surge in #COVID19 cases. Should I get a booster shot now or wait until the fall for the new updated #COVID vaccine? By ⁦Paul Taylor⁩ via ⁦The Globe and Mail⁩ #vaccination theglobeandmail.com/life/health-an…

Canada’s seat-of-the-pants response to disaster management isn’t working theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

With the constant pressure being applied by everything from viruses to massive wildfires, there are growing calls to formalize how canada responds to #health emergencies. Our seat-of-the-pants reaction isn’t working. By André Picard via The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

Look, I just wanted to share that this article has been shared among physicians across the whole country and no one seemed surprised that rural docs- who are HEROIC- are overworked and overstretched. What jumped out to people was this quote: 1/ search.app/bCGbkHsRTnQVpf…

ICYMI — Supervised drug consumption sites may have earned political and public wrath, but they are more helpful than harmful. It gets tiresome to repeat, but complex problems require complex solutions. By André Picard via The Globe and Mail #opiodcrisis theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

When it come to #beer and #wine in corner stores, #PublicHealth officials should be helping people figure out the risks (and rewards), and help them find some balance and relative safety, not being judgy, prohibitionist Chicken Littles. By André Picard theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

ICYMI — Which is worse: Infectious diseases or the denial they breed? We have the technology, the medicine and the money to tackle infectious disease, but a distinct lack of political will. By André Picard via The Globe and Mail #InfectiousDiseases #health theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

Canada’s school #food program is taking shape, though slowly. We can’t afford not to invest in our kids’ well-being. After all, you can’t reach your full potential unless you have a full belly. By André Picard via The Globe and Mail #SDOH #cdnhealth theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…

Canada’s physicians have demonstrated the right way to begin reconciliation with #Indigenous people. But for the words to be truly meaningful, the apology must be followed by collective and individual actions to do better. By André Picard #cdnhealth theglobeandmail.com/opinion/articl…