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Dec 4, 2015
THINK YOU CAN HIKE? WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE PULLING YOUR OWN WILD.
Movies are not life. They’re better. That’s why we watch them and worship their stars. Those 120 minutes in a dark theatre are a chance...
Sep 30, 2015
HOW YOU CAN KEEP TROUBLED KIDS IN SCHOOL
As a physician, I often watch parents struggling to keep their kids in school by any means. One of my patients had a son who had never...
Feb 10, 2015
THE SUPREME COURT HAS CHANGED THE WAY I TALK TO MY PATIENTS ABOUT DEATH
This week I may be having very different conversations with my patients than I did last week. My 40 years of caring for families has...
Jan 27, 2015
WE'RE STILL NOT AS FIT AS SWEDES, BUT WE SHOULDN'T STOP TRYING
If you fear 2015 could be the year you have a cardiac event, take heart: Four out of five heart attacks are entirely preventable. That’s...
Oct 19, 2014
PRIVACY WORRIES ASIDE, BIG DATA CAN BE GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH
Some of my patients have just received letters from the Ontario Ministry of Health saying they are overdue for their colorectal screening....
Apr 14, 2014
The BOSTON BOMBINGS MADE ME, AND MANY OTHERS, MORE RESOLVED TO RUN
There is no more loneliness for the long-distance runner. Next Monday, 36,000 runners (including more than 2,300 Canadians) will join a...
Apr 15, 2013
I'LL RUN BOSTON AGAIN NEXT YEAR. WE ALL SHOULD.
I love running the Boston Marathon – 42 kilometres from out in Hopkinton all the way into downtown Boston. It is the Holy Grail of...
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