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Public Health and Preventive Medicine: The Intersection of Population Health & Clinical Practice – Insights from a PHPM Resident

Gordon Thane March 14, 2022 No Comments

For many, the term ‘medical doctors’ invokes images of people in white coats practising as family physicians, paediatricians, or surgeons that treat individual patients. One specialty that is often overlooked…

COVID-19 Variants of Concern: Social Consequences and Implications for the Vaccine

Gordon Thane March 4, 2022 No Comments

At the time of this writing, Canada (and, indeed, most of the world) is still in the midst of the Omicron wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Omicron variant of…

Reproductive Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Gordon Thane February 27, 2022 No Comments

Global responses to the COVID-19 pandemic have primarily focused on reducing and preventing direct infections from the virus. Meanwhile, the pandemic is having a profound impact on how people live…

Health Taxes: How Do They Incentivize Healthy Behaviors?

Gordon Thane February 25, 2022 No Comments

Imagine you’re on your way to the grocery store to buy a case of your favorite soda. When you get to the cash register, you realize that the price of…

All About Strokes: Warning Signs, Risk Factors, and Mission Thrombectomy 2020+

Gordon Thane February 17, 2022 No Comments

Every year, about 15 million people experience a stroke worldwide (World Health Organization, n.d.). Among them, 5 million lose their lives and another 5 million are left with long-term disabilities…

Understanding Public Health: MPH Journeys and Early Career Reflections

Gordon Thane February 17, 2022 No Comments

A special essay by Shenbei Fan, BMSc, MPH (c)

Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): Winter is Coming

Gordon Thane February 7, 2022 No Comments

Many of us living in the Northern Hemisphere are all too familiar with the sight of leaves gradually changing from green to red, orange, brown, and eventually dropping. When we…

Suicide and Self-Harm: The Importance of Putting People First

Gordon Thane January 30, 2022 No Comments

Every year, tens of thousands of people lose their lives to suicide. The issue is among the leading causes of death worldwide, yet is rarely discussed in an open and…

Fall Prevention and Evidence-Based Interventions

Gordon Thane January 23, 2022 No Comments

An often overlooked, yet important, topic in public health is the issue of fall prevention. This is perhaps understandable, because falls are such a common life occurrence that we, as…

The Global Burden of Dementia: A Modern-Day Threat to Healthy Aging

Gordon Thane January 23, 2022 No Comments

Just 100 years ago, in 1913, the global life expectancy was only 34.1 years old (Our World in Data, 2019). Today, that age has jumped to 72.8 years (Macrotrends, 2021),…

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