About me
Welcome to my website. I am a writer specializing in health and lifestyle, and I am starting to dabble in more news writing.
Currently I am a news and features writer at The Lancet, the world’s leading general medical journal, with specialty journals in Oncology, Neurology and Infectious Diseases. I also work with AboutKidsHealth.ca, Canada’s leading nonprofit child health information website. AboutKidsHealth is a division of Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children, more affectionately known as “SickKids Hospital.”
I write health and lifestyle features for magazines, newspapers and websites, including The National Post, The Ottawa Citizen, The Montreal Gazette, Oakville Today, Whitby This Week, Centre of the City, York Region Media Group, and Canada.com. I also write “breaking news” at DigitalJournal.com. And every once in a while, my blog posts get republished in SavvyMom.ca or Erica Ehm’s website, YummyMummyClub.ca!
I also own a corporate communications company specializing in health materials such as slide kits, newsletters, symposium proceedings, journal supplements and websites for the physician audience.
Toronto students publish newspaper despite teachers’ dispute
Ontario teachers’ work-to-rule action has affected students for months now, as teachers have been refusing to lead extracurricular activities. So a group of Toronto students banded together to independently publish their school newspaper.
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Samantha Barks is heavenly as Éponine in Les Misérables
Les Misérables is a triumph on the big screen, with stellar performances by Hugh Jackman, Anne Hathaway, Sacha Baron Cohen, and many others. But the one who took my breath away was relative unknown Samantha Barks, who played the lovely Éponine.
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Bad 25 — A Thanksgiving treat for Jackson fans
After much anticipation, I finally had the opportunity to watch Spike Lee’s documentary, Bad 25, about Michael Jackson’s historic album. And what a treat it was!
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Pregnancy test may have saved man’s life
Just in time for Movember…
A man recently found one of his ex-girlfriend’s unused pregnancy tests in his apartment. As a joke, he took the test. Much to his surprise, it turned out positive. Little did he know at the time, but this test may have saved his life.
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Op-Ed: Quebec leads the way to limiting medical residents’ shift hours
Quebec medical residents have seen their shifts reduced from the traditional 24 hours to a more reasonable 16 hours. The shorter hours appear to be reducing frustration and resentment, but is there risk that we didn’t think of before?
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Parent-controlled analgesia for pediatric pain management
Patient-controlled analgesia, when managed by a parent whose child cannot administer the analgesia themselves, is a safe and effective method of pain relief.
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Jamie Oliver helps out young food blogger
Nine-year-old food blogger Martha Payne got some help from celebrity chef Jamie Oliver and the Twittersphere after her school told her to stop posting photos of her cafeteria lunches.
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Doctors in Canada protesting refugee health care cuts
All across Canada yesterday, doctors and nurses banded together to protest health care cuts the Conservative government have proposed for refugees. The cuts are set to go through at the end of June.
Find out what these cuts will entail and why health care professionals are upset, in my article on:
Curry dishes out a healthier immune system
Curry is one of those spices that just explodes with flavour. You can throw in a tiny pinch to jazz up any dish. Or you can go all out and have an Indian feast! And now, it has an added benefit: curry—specifically its yellow-orange main ingredient turmeric—boosts your immune system.
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