A health reporter’s ambitious project is realized, thanks to federal funding
Click on the link below to read about the research grant I’ve been awarded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. My project will be undertaken over the next six months. Many readers are asking...
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I’m both humbled and gratified that my Medicine Matters blog has consistently garnered more and more readers since I started it two years ago. I can’t discern any kind of pattern to predict what will...
View ArticleHappy 100th Birthday Canadian Medical Association Journal
People often ask me how and where I get my ideas for stories. There are dozens of sources but medical journals are undoubtedly a major incubator of articles and ideas. Although I have never probed...
View ArticleSharing a healthy dose of good news
Professional development is critically important when you’re a medical journalist whose job it is to decipher and explain complex information, especially on tight deadlines. Unfortunately, there aren’t...
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