by Shahbaz Syed | Oct 28, 2021 | Commentary, Featured, psychiatry
It is with increasing frequency that we are seeing higher volumes of patients presenting to their family physicians and the Emergency Department with complaints related to anxiety. It was certainly an issue that was noticed pre-COVID19, but the effect that the...
by Graham Wilson | Jan 25, 2020 | Featured, Physician Wellness
And on the 6th day Graham bellowed; “let thee environment be considered among thy seven dimensions of wellness.” And so, the environment was added to the wheel of physical, social, spiritual, occupational, intellectual, financial and emotional wellness. Although I...
by Edward Xie | Jan 24, 2020 | Featured, Physician Wellness
On a sweltering night in July, I’m called to see a patient with difficulty breathing. I work in Toronto, where past estimates have placed the number of heat-related deaths at about 120 each year. With Canada heating twice as fast as the world average, that number is...
by Curtis Lavoie | Jan 22, 2020 | Featured, Physician Wellness
As a species, we’re making bad choices – polluting the planet and making life difficult now, and perhaps impossible in the future. As physicians, it is time to do what you do best: heal the planet. Ok sure, that sounds corny, but take a listen and let me...
by Gary Bota | Jan 21, 2020 | Featured, Physician Wellness
I’m a boomer Canadian Emergency physician, with a special interest in climate change. My oral fellowship exam took place in a small hotel room where facial bone x-rays were held up against the Montreal skyline awaiting my interpretation. I went directly from resident...
