mastodon 4.6.8Rural FP anesthetist formerly of Fort St John, BC, Canada. Trained in Aus and UK. Now doing rural locums in Canada.
Blessed to live, work and play on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Tk’emlúps te Secwe̓pemc people.
#Science and #Medicine Twitter was invaluable to me as the guy at the pointy end of "if you have questions ask your doctor".
Migrating here due to the unfortunate stagnation of med-mastodon
https://canadahealthwatch.ca/2026/02/15/i-traded-my-u-s-medical-career-for-life-in-canada-heres-how-the-two-health-systems-stack-up-2 #CanadianHealthcare “In Canada, where people don’t fear bankruptcy for seeking care, patients come in and they just talk to you, about doctor things. That’s a profound relief, for them and me.”
#Spring ? (Taken same day:). #florespondence #bloomscrolling
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ostrich-farm-arguments-cull-9.7157710
Shocked I am! Shocked. “"There was no covered barn. In fact, there was garbage strewn in the farm. The conditions that the birds were in, living in, there was no evidence of any scientific research or any ability to do that," a senior CFIA official told the fifth estate.
* From hotels to gas stations, businesses believed to be contracted for ostrich cull targeted by opponents
* Tribunal upholds $10K fine for B.C. ostrich farm's failure to report sick birds
The fifth estate has agreed not to identify the official, who says a barrage of threats against the CFIA inspectors led to concerns for their safety”
#Vaccines' indirect benefits overlooked in battle over 'medical freedom' https://www.statnews.com/2026/03/19/vaccine-success-widespread-hidden-benefits-make-skepticism-possible/ “The #HPVvaccine is a medical wonder. As noted above, it is preventing cancers in both women and men. Human papillomaviruses, which are transmitted through sexual contact, cause a number of urogenital cancers — cervical cancer, anal cancer, penile cancer — and oropharyngeal cancers.
HPV vaccines were originally licensed for girls only. But it soon became apparent that boys were benefiting from them too.
“I think HPV is one of the most elegant herd immunity stories that we have, because the indirect protection showed up so clearly and so quickly, in a population that wasn’t even targeted by the original program,” Scott said.
Within five years of the rollout in Australia — a campaign that only targeted girls — researchers there were reporting significant declines in genital warts (caused by human papillomaviruses) in heterosexual men. A study from the U.S. found that oral infections with HPV strains covered by the vaccine dropped 38% between 2009-2010 and 2015-2016 in unvaccinated men, during a time when rates of HPV oral infections with strains not included in the vaccine went unchanged.
Many countries now vaccinate both girls and boys against HPV.”
Ok internet. Explain to me why what looks like a power box would be hanging from a gutter in Old Quebec? 🤷♂️
“inhibition of 15-PGDH—an enzyme that drives tissue aging, a “gerozyme”—leads to cartilage regeneration in aged mouse OA joints, in joints of young adult mice with posttraumatic OA (PTOA) resulting from an ACL tear” #osteoarthritis https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adx6649
A new #COVID19 variant that’s been found in nearly two dozen countries and half of the 50 United States has made its way to Ontario.
Dubbed BA.3.2, the variant was first identified in South Africa on Nov. 22, 2024” https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/a-new-covid-19-variant-named-ba32-has-been-detected-in-ontario-heres-why-one-doctor-says-you-shouldnt-be-alarmed/
"I don't think vapes are established as a successful means of stopping smoking," he said.
"Unless there is a proven [way] to stop people from vaping, then we are stuck [with] this high-risk population that starts using both," he said.
#vaping @mackayim2022@mastodon.social
Apparently all dentists in BC have had their prescribing licences inactivated with the transition. And the regulators are closed today. So it’s be kind to your pharmacist day if you have a prescription from a dentist :) https://bchealthregulators.ca/new-health-profession-legislation-comes-into-force-on-april-1-2026/
“under the new legislation, all complaints against health professionals will be public, even if they are frivolous or malicious. There are also no appeals allowed in disciplinary rulings.
Both of those are patently unfair.”
As BC physicians have repeatedly argued, this is now institutionalizing “RateMD”reviews and giving them false credulity.
#BCPoli #BCHealthProfessions @picardonhealth@med-mastodon.com
