by CMAJ News | Aug 20, 2019 | Archive, Carolyn Brown, Latest
Unprecedented public health effort tackles soaring TB rates in Nunavut Carolyn Brown | Ottawa | August 20, 2019 Communities in Nunavut are struggling with high TB rates and some are holding mass-screening clinics to help combat the problem. Escalating rates of...
by CMAJ News | Jun 19, 2019 | Archive, Carolyn Brown, Latest
Stress of first postgraduate year leaves mark at cellular level for medical trainees Carolyn Brown | Ottawa | June 19, 2019 The stress and long hours of first-year medical residency may be affecting trainees’ biology. Dr. Michael Arget remembers the clinical training...
by CMAJ News | Feb 26, 2019 | Archive, Carolyn Brown, Latest
Measles resurgence comes to Canada Carolyn Brown | Ottawa | February 26, 2019 Vaccine hesitancy is contributing factor to measles outbreaks around the world. A n outbreak of measles in Canada is what public health officials say they have been fearing. The most likely...
by CMAJ News | Nov 28, 2018 | Archive, Carolyn Brown, Latest
C-section rate rises globally as “costly intervention” replaces “natural process” Carolyn Brown | Ottawa | November 28, 2018 The global rate of C-section doubled from 2000 to 2015 and now accounts for more than 1 in 5 live births. “T his is absolutely unjust,”...
by CMAJ News | Nov 1, 2018 | Archive, Carolyn Brown, Latest
Physicians not immune to intimate partner violence Carolyn Brown | Ottawa | November 1, 2018 Doctors screen patients for intimate partner violence but may fail to recognize the problem in their own lives. As the date looms for the trial of a Canadian physician accused...
by CMAJ News | Jul 4, 2018 | Archive, Carolyn Brown, Latest
Self-determination and data control vital to Indigenous health research Carolyn Brown | Ottawa | July 4, 2018 Health research conducted in Indigenous communities has been dominated by non-Indigenous researchers and fraught with controversy about how data are collected...
