André Picard
@picardonhealth
André Picard is the health columnist at The Globe and Mail and author of "NEGLECTED NO MORE". I tweet about public health, health policy, and journalism.
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President and CEO of @CHEO - the pediatric health and research centre of the national capital region. Every day matters in the life of a child.
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M.D.,C.M (McGill '78), Rural Physician, Coroner, Emergency Medicine Advocate, Underemployed Sommelier (DipWSET) and Father of Triplets.
Dr. Katharine Smart
Former President @CMA_Docs, Pediatrician, Mom of 2, dx: Excessive Passion Syndrome #EPS, Lover of Change, Seeker, views are my own, she/her
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Immediate past-President @cma_docs. Podcast host, The Healthcare Divide. 🐥s re: tech, equity, culture. Folks who fix things are the future.
Dr. Jillian Horton
Doctor. Thinker. Dreamer. Writer @HarperCollinsCa: WE ARE ALL PERFECTLY FINE. Contributor @latimes @globeandmail @cbcideas @torontostar etc. Opinions all mine.
Bogotá, the city that shuts out cars every week. Born out of an anti-car protest in 1974, the Colombian capital closes many roads to cars every Sunday, leaving them free for bikes, skates and pedestrians, by Luke Taylor theguardian.com/environment/ar… via The Guardian Brent Toderian
Really great new guidance from UNICEF about how to take care of children during #wildfire season.
Cdn Public Health Assoc. The College of Family Physicians of Canada The Royal College Canadian Medical Association André Picard @CAPE-ACME Canadian Paediatric Society Global Climate and Health Alliance
unicef.org/documents/safe….
French Open bans #alcohol in stands of tennis 🎾tournament after Roland Garros spectators get too rowdy and disruptive, by Tumaini Carayol theguardian.com/sport/article/… via The Guardian
The push for more women in operating rooms: New study suggests that hospitals with at least 35% female surgical teams have better patient outcomes. Q+A w/ Julie Hallet and Saroo Sharda MD MMEd FRCPC, by Matt Galloway cbc.ca/listen/live-ra… via @cbcnews #WomenInMedicine
More than 20% of Alberta daycares serving food haven't been inspected in more than a year: documents. Province is failing to meet its own #childcare inspection guidelines, despite huge #Ecoli outbreak, analysis shows, by Terry Reith
cbc.ca/news/canada/ca… via @cbcnews
Canadian scientists Isaac Bogoch Dr. Angela Rasmussen Jason Kindrachuk, PhD launch early warning system to spot traces of #H5N1 bird flu in milk. Pan-Canadian Milk Network to conduct ongoing testing alongside government surveillance, by Lauren Pelley
cbc.ca/news/health/h5… via @cbcnews
Through the carousel: Repeatedly jailed, hospitalized and homeless, a retired nurse with #bipolar disorder is now getting help. But she wonders if the system that criminalizes mental illness has really changed, by Kristy Nease cbc.ca/newsinteractiv… via @cbcnews #MentalHealth
Super thread from Avis Favaro from her learnings as the MC at e-Health Conference & Tradeshow. This is knowledge translation at its best.
(Folks, write more about your take-away from health conferences! Otherwise the wisdom disappears when you step out of the conference centre).
#Childbirth #PTSD is all too common. #AI may help remove stigma and improve care, by Maxime Lê healthydebate.ca/2024/05/topic/… via Healthy Debate
#AI stethoscope demonstrates ‘the power as well as the risk’ of emerging technology, by Michael Leedom healthydebate.ca/2024/05/topic/… via Healthy Debate
Another 1 million Canadians will qualify for the federal government's dental care plan in June — but thousands of concerned dentists have yet to sign up, by Raisa Patel thestar.com/politics/feder… via @torontostar CanadianDentalAssoc #CDCP
Happened upon this memorial to Brian Sinclair, an Indigenous man who died after waiting 34 hours for medical attention in a Winnipeg hospital ER. theglobeandmail.com/news/national/… #CanadaWAITS
The Liberals strike a blow for government secrecy. PM should independent review of system and restore Privacy Commissioner’s funding. It’s not too late for the Trudeau to live up to what are still very good ideals: The Globe and Mail editorial theglobeandmail.com/opinion/editor… #SecretCanada
Ottawa issues ‘sunset clauses’ for historical records access.
New guidelines shift public policy that for decades has kept information hidden from Canadians, by Robyn Doolittle Tom Cardoso theglobeandmail.com/canada/article… via The Globe and Mail #journalism #SecretCanada
Today the first 3-year follow-up of #LongCovid for outcomes Nature Medicine nature.com/articles/s4159…
Ziyad Al-Aly, MD and I review the findings along w/ several relevant new reports and current status in the new Ground Truths
+ Ziyad's🧵on the new report
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Long awaited guidelines from CTFPHC | GECSSP don’t recommend routine breast screening at ages 40-49, citing a lack of evidence, but individuals who want screening shouldn’t face barriers getting it. My latest today in The Globe and Mail theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…
#COVID19 can cause new health problems to appear years after infection, according to a study of more than 130,000 patients, by Carolyn Barber, MD fortune.com/well/article/c… via FORTUNE Take Action Against COVID #LongCOVID
Today we welcome CMA President Dr. Dr. Joss Reimer, a specialist in public health with a focus on health equity, communicable diseases and harm reduction.
We look forward to her contributions to #CDNhealth . 👏
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