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Social distancing required to prevent the spread of COVID-19 has led to a sharp increase in the use of telemedicine. (Pixabay Unsplash)

April 5, 2020

Coronavirus has sped up Canada’s adoption of telemedicine. Let’s make that change permanent.

Inderveer Mahal, University of Toronto

Telemedicine has grown sluggishly in Canada, but COVID-19 has sped up the pace of adoption of online technology to deliver health care.

A man injects drugs in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, Feb. 6, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

May 22, 2019

Without safe injection sites, more opioid users will die

Inderveer Mahal, University of Toronto

In the midst of a public health crisis, with increasing rates of death from opioid overdose, the Ontario government is clawing back life-saving measures.

Une aspirine par jour? C'est dépassé. Mais votre médecin l'ignore peut-être. Changer les pratiques médicales et les attentes des patients, c'est long, complexe, chargé d'émotions. Sans oublier la simple force d'inertie. Shutterstock

April 10, 2019

Ce qu'on sait désormais sur l'aspirine, et pourquoi votre médecin tarde à s'en rendre compte

Inderveer Mahal, University of Toronto

L'aspirine a une faible valeur ajoutée. Mais changer les pratiques médicales et les attentes des patients, c'est long, complexe et chargé d'émotions. Sans oublier la simple force d'inertie.

It is hard for doctors to change their clinical practise in the light of new medical evidence. Shame, loss of professional self-worth and fear of malpractice lawsuits are some of the reasons. (Shutterstock)

April 4, 2019

The new truth about Aspirin, and your doctor’s slow uptake of medical evidence

Inderveer Mahal, University of Toronto

Evidence now shows that for the majority of healthy people, the risks of bleeding with a daily Aspirin outweigh any heart benefits. How long will it take for your doctor to tell you?

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