Jorge A. Cruz-Aguado, PhD, is the director of research at Diagnostics Biochem Canada and a former professor of the University of Havana. He lives in London, Ont.
This week, I voted, which is a privilege I did not have in my home country. As controversial as this untimely election has been and as thorny the issues at stake are, I was glad to see the main parties concur on one thing – unless you have a sound medical reason, get vaccinated.
The word "cancer" induces distress, fear, and perhaps even guilt in cancer patients. So why do we include the word in the names of so many hospital institutions?