*This post was co-authored by David Juurlink

Monday's announcement by federal health minister Leona Aglukkaq that she will not interfere with the approval of generic OxyContin is just the latest development in what has become a major public health crisis.

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Last week, the family that owns Shouldice Hospital announced that it would like to sell its facility to Centric Health, a for-profit company traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange.

Shouldice, a Southern Ontario facility renowned for its care of patients with hernias, was founded by a surgeon...

So far this year, I've visited my dentist and optometrist once each for routine checkups. As most people know, provincial governments in Canada do not pay for routine dentistry and optometry for most people. Or at least this is what we think. Indirectly, governments shoulder a significant portion of the...

If I were a respirologist, I would receive many referrals from family doctors asking me to determine whether patients with shortness of breath have asthma or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. I would take a history from each patient and conduct a physical examination. Depending on the situation, I might occasionally...