Can people please stop telling me ‘eating healthy is cheap, just eat beans, lentils and rice.’ Fruits , vegetables, nuts, yogourt, fish, lean meat, etc. are expensive. And a diet of rice and beans gets tedious fast. #poverty #foodinsecurity #sdoh theglobeandmail.com/canada/article…

Any profession that requires hours of free labor in order to even be qualified to enter a training program (e.g. shadowing in medicine, doing unpaid research) will have disparities in recruiting across socio-economic statuses. Thank you for coming to my TED talk. #medtwitter

Wrapping up the most wonderful three weeks of #CaRMS2019! The future will involve many naps and hopefully some vegetables. But first, we celebrate!

4-year-old: *flexes* I'm strong. Me: Like me. 4: Like Mom.

Amazing congratulations to my friend Katie Mahoney for her organization We Are Young- a non profit that grants wishes to elders. She has been nominated for the L’Oreal Women of Worth Award-Please take a moment to learn more and vote! L'Oréal Paris Canada womenofworth.lorealparis.ca/en

Over the moon excited to be joining the incredible group at EM Ottawa for residency!

Celebrate 🎉 support 🙌🏼 resist 🙅🏼‍♀️ & persist ➡️. Happy #InternationalWomensDay to all the fabulous & fearless women out there, especially the ones I’ve had the pleasure of knowing, looking up to, and guiding! 💕 #IWD2019

Check out the The Star Halifax coverage on our push to open Atlantic Canada’s first Overdose Prevention Site: @halifix902 Proud of @m_bonnxx !! thestar.com/amp/halifax/20…

Please share widely ‼️ We are currently recruiting participants for our study examining the effects of probiotics on symptoms of depression in Kingston, ON. If you're interested or know someone who might be, please get in touch with me via Twitter or email! The CAN-BIND Program Neuroscience at Queen's University

Dr Alexa Clark on characterization of thyroid nodules by ultrasound to try and reduce biopsies & better predict cancerous nodules ⁦Queen's U Department of Medicine⁩ ⁦KingstonHSC⁩. In nodules over 1 cm: growth (over 2mm) & doubling time predicted malignant tumors but overlap substantial

"We decided to make the housing unconditional. To say, look, you don’t need to solve your problems before you get a home. Instead, a home should be the secure foundation that makes it easier to solve your problems.” bit.ly/2WhNBZD #finland #housingfirst #harmreduction

Assisted Reproductive Technology is increasingly more prevalent so we’re seeing more complications. Ovarian hyperstimulation exists on a continuum and 36% (!) of IVF patients will experience this. Dr. Prudhomme has a great summary: emottawablog.com/2020/06/compli…

Do you ever talk yourself out of doing a pelvic exam? Have you been handed over a lower abdominal pain without a pelvic exam? Called gyne without one? There’s so much practice variation, but Dr. Kate O’Connell will change your practice with a great post: emottawablog.com/2022/04/did-yo…

This post is such a great read for so many reasons I cannot fit it into a single tweet. Just click the link and read it. Not just who needs a pelvic exam but a bunch of useful tips and tricks plus guideline updates. EM Ottawa emottawablog.com/2022/04/did-yo…

We’ve got the ultimate anticoagulant reversal post for you. If you see patients on anticoagulants, you’ll find this to be high yield and is incredibly important for these patients. Is it worth it? Then reverse it - by Dr. Cameron Leafloor emottawablog.com/2022/10/is-it-…

Way back Wednesday! Do you ever talk yourself out of doing the pelvic exam? Do you have a standard approach to when you consider PID? Dr. Kate O’Connell has done the hard work for you and has some great spoon fed knowledge: emottawablog.com/2022/04/did-yo…

Remember when every febrile newborn under 30 days needed an LP/ABx & admission? Well there’s a lot more nuance now. Dr. Kate O’Connell did a great job summarizing the latest on febrile newborns, Peds DKA and status epilepticus: emottawablog.com/2023/10/little… Grade A spoon fed knowledge!

Truly can’t believe I am having to fight for maternity leave. I’m employed full-time at a university, it’s 2023, and this is Canada. And you wonder why you can’t retain women in academia? This is a disgrace.

Do you hate picking up the 'dizziness' charts because you have uncertainty around posterior strokes/the workup or identification? Its complicated, its nuanced, its.. DIZZYING (don't @ us). So Dr. Kate O’Connell has gone and simplified it for us: emottawablog.com/2024/03/poster…