Respiratory

Lung-cancer screening – primum non nocere (first, do no harm)!

Lung cancer is the number one global killer among cancers. Early detection can help patients' chance of survival but current screening measures also come with mixed benefits and risks.

Episode 65 – Hydrocortisone for Pneumonia and Goals of Care Conversations

TBT – Asthma and Urinary Tract Infections

How to keep young children with RSV out of the ICU

Nearly every child will contract RSV in their lifetime. Therefore the challenges lies not in preventing RSV infection, but in preventing infections from becoming severe. Breastfeeding may be one way to overcome this challenge.

Debunking the myth of immunity debt

Immunity debt is an attractive concept. But there is little evidence for it as an explanation for the resurgence in pediatric respiratory infections.

The Faces & Phases of COVID-19

The Faces/Phases Project is a portrait of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. Through a series of data visualizations, we cover the first two years of the pandemic.

Episode 49 – Glycemic Outcomes in T2DM and Bronchodilators in Tobacco-Exposed Persons

MDI asthma inhalers come under scrutiny over heavy carbon cost

Small amounts of the propellants used in the familiar blue and orange inhalers can have an “outsized” climate footprint. Now there is a growing call for patients to switch to low-carbon dry powder alternatives.

Inuit communities bracing for return of RSV in babies

Health advocates are raising alarm that infants in Nunavut, and especially Inuit infants, face grave risks as a potent respiratory virus – deadlier than COVID-19 and influenza – re-emerges after a one-year hiatus. Health officials now fear serious outbreaks in Canada’s North.

Why Peter Bryce’s legacy still matters today

Physician John O'Connor received an award honouring the legacy of Peter Bryce, a government doctor who sounded the alarm over the high death toll in residential schools. Who has the courage to be the next?

‘I can’t take deep breaths anymore’: Some young adults feeling long-term effects from mild cases of COVID-19

Youth and young adults who had even mild cases of COVID-19 are experiencing lingering symptoms like shortness of breath for months. Recent research may shed some light on why.

Similar symptoms make vaping injuries difficult to diagnose in pandemic

When bread becomes difficult to swallow.

Trial and Error: Finding the right devices to treat sleep apnea

Rapid Fire: Respirology (And welcome back Drs. Kieran Quinn and Emily Hughes!)

E-cigarettes and vaping: the bad, the good, and the unknown

Is vaping more addictive than smoking?

Rapid Fire: Infectious Disease

Rapid fire: High Value Care

A Total Eclipse: Treatment of Status Epilepticus and Aclidinium Bromide in COPD