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Lisa Dolovich
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Alykhan Abdulla
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Joss Reimer
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Anushya Vijayaraghevan
Ajay Chahal
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Dat Nguyen
Reports like the Healthcare Time Saved Index may generate headlines, but without methodological integrity, they do more harm than good.
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Adamo Anthony Donovan
Many vehicular deaths are preventable. Traffic violence happens frequently but we don’t take these incidents seriously, judicially, socially nor traffic engineering-wise.
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Katie Porter
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Clinical Trials Ontario contributors
Research ethics reviews in Canada have come under the media spotlight, with claims the process is exploitative and calls for innovation or reform.
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Sandor J. Demeter
On the heels of a Canadian court approving a $32.5 billion settlement against Big Tobacco, it’s high time to ban the sale of cigarettes.
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Larry W. Chambers
Assessing driving fitness in dementia patients is one of the most challenging aspects of care, requiring a delicate balance of medical, emotional, ethical and practical considerations.
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Joanna Cheek
We doctors take an oath to honour the health of those we serve, prevent illness whenever we can and first do no harm. These values aren’t a political preference; they’re enduring, evidence-based principles of healthy systems.
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Marco Campana
Akm Alamgir
Mandana Vahabi
It's time to reimagine a health-care system that truly works for everyone, especially those at the intersection of social and clinical disadvantage.
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Lyne Filiatrault
Arijit Chakravarty
No parent should have to bury their child because of measles. Unfortunately, politicizing public health by downplaying the risks of measles and normalizing vaccine hesitancy puts us on precisely this trajectory.
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James Dickinson
Many have forgotten how serious infections from Measules, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella can be because we have not seen them for many years. I am reminded every day by my mumps-induced deafness.
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The Rounds Table is a free regular podcast hosted by Healthy Debate. Its purpose is to provide an informative and irreverent discussion of new research from major medical journals. Each week it explores topics from the latest medical research.