Seema Marwaha
Determining who gets to access Medical Assistance in Dying is all of our responsibility
Will a Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) injection help with my knee arthritis?
Ontario Health Teams are good for your health.
Is climate change helping to spread mosquito-borne disease?
Why are medical records so difficult for patients and families to access?
Out-of-province medical care: what you need to know.
Changes at Healthy Debate
Is diabetes common in pregnancy?
Why HIV testing needs informed consent
Why can’t I get a virtual visit with my doctor?
PrEP could potentially eradicate HIV. But in Ontario, only about a 10th of the people it could help are taking it.
PrEP and HIV prevention: Pre-exposure prophylaxis has proven effective at substantially reducing HIV infections. So why is uptake in Ontario so low?
Scientific meetings damage the environment, and we should drastically curtail them
Climate change and scientific meetings: Flying across the ocean for a one-day meeting should be an embarrassment. not a status symbol.
Safe supply: The debate around prescribing opioids to people who use drugs
Safe supply: As the overdose crisis worsens, some clinicians are prescribing opioids as an alternative to street drugs. And this has raised some questions.
Why does my parent have bedsores while staying in a nursing home?
Bedsores: Pressure ulcers or injuries are mostly preventable, but they can also happen to people receiving the best of care. What causes them and what family can do to help.
The controversy around estimating deaths from medical error
Medical error causing death: How accurate are estimates of deaths caused by medical error? And how harmful are inaccurate estimates?
Stigma may be the biggest threat to solving the opioid crisis
The risk of workplace violence for home care providers
Workplace violence in home care: Frequently, when a home care provider visits a new client, they know little beyond the address. And this can be dangerous.
Performing CPR can save someone’s life. It can also cause you trauma.
Performing CPR and PTSD: Why trying to save a life can be traumatic for lay-responders, and how training programs can better prepare them.
Written consent for HIV testing: Time to stop perpetuating stigma
Written consent for HIV testing was introduced in the ’80s to help protect patients’ rights to privacy and autonomy. Today it may do more harm than good.