The earth is mounting an immune response against the human species,” wrote Richard Preston, author of the 1994 best seller The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story.[1] The book is a nonfiction account... Read More
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A newly minted physician, Dr Zacharias returns to visit his father at the Ninette Sanatorium in southwestern Manitoba. The summer of 1956 began like any other. I... Read More
As usual, I’m in my assigned clinical skills room early, a practice honed either by training (during my career as a flight attendant), or maybe just an aspect of my personality. I don’t need to be... Read More
There have been many headlines on CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats) technology lately. When a patient gets an upper respiratory tract infection from some virus, the... Read More
Dr Jim Petzold This year marks the 40th anniversary of the graduation of our medical school class of 1979. A few of our enthusiastic class members are planning a... Read More