by Allan Katz | Oct 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
Congratulations to Sunnybrook and its partners for launching ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ – where patients with cancer and their families receive continuous support between appointments and after hospital stays. Where feasible and safe, this should be the...
by Allan Katz | Oct 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
#IMGs will have to have at least 2 years of high school in Ontario – the only province in the country with such a requirement. Given the current status of physician vacancies across the country (i.e., desperate need), there will be nothing but negative...
by Allan Katz | Oct 14, 2025 | Uncategorized
(Toronto Star) This story about Toronto’s Dunn House needs to be celebrated and spread across the province. Congratulations to to Andrew Boozary MD MPP and the teams at University Health Network, @FredVictorTO and countless others for their commitment and...
by Allan Katz | Sep 29, 2025 | Uncategorized
(CBC) Apologies for being late to comment on #TylenolAutism, but I definitely think the #SaganStandard applies here : “๐๐
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐บ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐พ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐
๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ”. And we have yet to see the latter....
by Allan Katz | Sep 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
(JAMA) While @samhsagov data does not precisely mirror Canadian experience, the information presented here suggests that people with #mentalhealth conditions are at increased risk of developing #substanceuse disorders because they may #selfmedicate withย #drugs or...
by Allan Katz | Sep 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
(@JAMASurgery) This study indicates that considerable variation in price markup exists across US hospitals and that high mark ups demonstrated ๐ฬฒ๐ฬฒ๐ฬฒ๐ฬฒ ๐น๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐พ๐๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ ๐ฬฒ๐ฬฒ๐ฬฒ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ. These findings underscore that key initial policy targets for...
