Quote: The statement said the province is committed to supporting and growing the health-care workforce in Saskatchewan and called recruitment and retention of physicians to the province a “top priority.” Ok so what are they actually doing? ckom.com/2022/11/30/861…

Since we're on the subject though and people like to lie about it, with the exception of TTS from adenovirus vectors (which is extremely rare- on the order of 1 per 100,000 doses), COVID-19 vaccines are not, in general, associated with clots: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

No apparent asso btw mRNA COVID19 vac & VTE: 6 robust studies,analysis of > 27 million doses;consistent result:mRNA vac aren’t statistically asso with VTE. Confidence in findings is high due to consistency of null finding across diff age groups,geographic sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

We’ve all wondered why scientists or MDs “turn”. How respected folk can find themselves deep in the anti-vax community. It’s a decidedly simple (but dangerous and malicious) process. Below is a thread on how people become “red pilled.” 🧵

Here's some contextual information regarding today's announced Federal clawback of $$ related to patient charges for medically necessary services levied in 8 provinces in 2020-2021. The Canada Health Act (CHA) prohibits direct patient for medically necessary services (1/12) 🧵

The public sector is bad because individuals will retire earlier, be able to take sick time when needed, have a more stable job situation and will experience financial stability in retirement. These are very very bad things people. We should all try to avoid them.

Check out the brand new look of the Thrombosis Canada website!! Clinical tools + guides for practicing health care providers and educational materials for patients & caregivers CanVECTOR Network Dave Airdrie Deborah Siegal Lana Castellucci Sudeep Shivakumar Peter Gross thrombosiscanada.ca

can’t hang out this weekend sorry, I’m totally slammed dude. I got the ironic screening of The Flash, the ironic screening of The Little Mermaid, the ironic screening of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, the semi-ironic screening of Fast X, the ironic screening of

Important. Andreas Greinacher explained that we must start thinking of PF4-antibody related disorders of which there are 5 categories. The latest disorder has been described at this meeting. I expect we will be talking (and testing) a lot more about this. #ISTH2023

1/8 HEMOLYTIC MARKERS POST HEMATOMA I recently saw a 76 yo M with unremarkable history (HTN), who presented with syncopal episode. He was hypotensive and found to have massive soft tissue hematoma on chest wall (shown in graphic).

I am thrilled to announce that I have accepted the position of the founding Dean at the brand-new Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU - Toronto Metropolitan University) School of Medicine! Official announcement here: torontomu.ca/news-events/ne… #TMUSoM #MedEd #MedSchoolOfTheFuture

The world as it should be, not as it is (in this unwitting slip from Ontario Ministry of Health) Iron is an essential mineral, not covering its most effective formulation is baffling. We all pay for it one way or another, in lost productivity, neurodevelopmental defects, blood transfusions

8/ I became aware of this unique feature of Behçet Syndrome after reading an excellent new review in NEJM. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38354143/

I frequently check iron/ferritin in my teenaged population and levels are more commonly low than they are normal. For a child psychiatrist, I start a lllloottt of iron supplementation.

This was just a small part of the crowd assembled today at the Sask Legislature. The crowd of 6000 people was walking around the entire building to support education funding and teachers. #WeAreSTF

Love or hate him, it is our freedom to do so. But, over 400,000 school kids in #canada including #sask will now have access to healthy meals which will nourish their bodies and minds. That's just good policy. #skpoli #SaskEd

#HowToRobABank is now LIVE on #Netflix globally. Fantastic early buzz from the critics: "Full of the very thrills one might expect from a summer blockbuster" "pulse-pounding energy" "cinematically slick" "wildly exciting"!!! Please give it a watch -- it clocks in at an easy 86

Great Poster Congrats Maxim Gertler-Jaffe Stephen Robert Morse and so many others on an incredibly gripping and tight documentary