As people spend more time indoors, a mountain of scientific research says spending time in nature is critical to health and increases longevity. That means being in fresh air, under trees and away from cars and concrete—on a regular basis. “There’s an urgent need emerging in science and at the ...
Understanding the various roles that are played in assisting families with mental health concerns is a first step in addressing these complex problems. To fix the wiring in your house, you need an electrician. To fix the pipes, you need a plumber. To address mental health problems in a multi-generational ...
Tonight on 60 minutes, there was a story about several familes who had lost a family member to COVID. It was very sad to hear their stories of loss. One family had lost their husband and father. He was 53. A loving, caring and previously healthy father of 4. The ...
Betsy, not her real name, is 55 years of age. She tested negative for COVID in early January. Her 5 family members all tested positive. She did develop symptoms of COVID with productive cough, loss of sense of smell and taste, muscle aches, myalgia, gut pains and intermittent headaches. This ...
My radical curiousity has lead me to ask where are the Canadian manufacturers of COVID vaccine. We used to hae Connaught Labs at Steeles Avenue and Dufferin St in North York. Then it disappeared. No more vaccine capacity of significance in Canada. Then recently, I learned about Medicago and its ...
Dr Vincent Lam writes in the Globe & Mail that not involving Canada's 40,000 family doctors in the distribution of COVID 19 vaccine is a huge and tragic mistake. If family doctors give about 50% of all flu vaccines, then why would Public Health not involve family doctors in the ...
Our smart phones leave a digital foot print. This foot print can be used to assess the mental health of the user of the smart phone. We call the foot prints a form of digital phenotyping. Let's define phenotype in order to be clear. The sum of an person's observable ...
When a case is uber complex, then we will revert to using an expert panel. Uber complex implies high levels of uncertainty. Somewhat like a wicked problem. Not a complex problem. The objective in using an expert panel is to go deeper in the analysis of the problem. Hosting a ...
The two drugs, called tocilizumab and sarilumab, are used to reduce inflammation in patients with arthritis. Hyper-inflammation, whereby the immune system goes into overdrive and destroys the organs, is how covid-19 tends to kill. The search for suitable anti-inflammatory drugs for covid-19 has already turned up one, dexamethasone. It is ...
My wife asked me why Israel was being very successful with vaccine distribution compared to Canada. We have heard from our friends in Tel Aviv who have already received the vaccine. Their process of vaccine distribution is very well orchestrated. Our friends belong to one of 4 major HMOs ( ...