THE CANADIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION CALLS FOR A BAN ON SPANKING

Here we have another example of medical professionals whose first reflex is "we need to coerce people into agreeing with us -- there ne...

OUR SISTERS AND BROTHERS

Following my last post on the issue of hospital smoking bans, let’s contrast the opinion of a retired Irish doctor with the opinion of some ...

COMPASSION FOR FELLOW CITIZENS AND PASSION FOR TRUTH AND CLARITY ARE COMPETING INTERESTS ACCORDING TO THE CMAJ

****** After publishing this post, it was brought to my attention by a reader that my first letter is posted but under a different URL at ht...

ARE DOUGHNUTS IN HOSPITALS OUR MOST PRESSING ISSUE?

We are informed that doughnuts will disappear from Tim Hortons shops at Halifax-area hospitals this fall. Oh great, another feel-good policy...

NO FREE LUNCH

The CBC was recently reporting on the increasing concern about the level of influence the drug industry has on doctors' medical decision...

IS THE ANTI-TOBACCO INDUSTRY'S OUTRAGE JUSTIFIED?

There is much ado these days in the anti-smoker industry about the Federal Government’s decision to suspend the plan for new health warnings...

NO TO STATE FUNDING OF PHARMACEUTICAL QUIT SMOKING PRODUCTS!

Smoking cessation drugs never have been more aggressively marketed than in the last 5 years in Canada, yet smoking rates have remained sta...