Each year more than 1,000 children and youth (0-19
years of age) die in Ontario.(1) The Office of the Chief
Coroner has consistently investigated between 43-49%
of these deaths each year,(1) and many of these
investigations offer opportunities to learn from the
circumstances of the death, although the ex...
The provincial Chronic Disease Prevention and
Management Strategy from 2008-12 (and then renewed
until 2016) began with a focus on diabetes.(1) The
strategy had a stated intention to expand beyond
diabetes to a broader chronic-disease management
approach. However, to determine whether it would be
benefic...
Hair removal is a necessary pre-surgical procedure prior
to performing genital gender-affirming surgeries such as
vaginoplasty and phalloplasty. For example, a recent
literature review on the topic notes that the use of hairbearing skin in gender-affirming surgical procedures can
result in post-operative...
