May

May is Asian Heritage Month in Canada. Adopted in 2002, it is a way to recognize the contributions of Asian Canadians to our society. The diversity of our population is what makes Canada such a remarkable place and provides strength to the backbone of our country.

I am neither “Team Kate and William” nor “Team Meghan and Harry.” I used to be ambivalent about the media narrative surrounding Britain’s royal family. However, when I watched Harry and Meghan on Netflix, my fertility doctor brain could not help but revolt at the sixth episode. And when I learned that 28 million households had already viewed it (Netflix’s highest-viewed documentary ever), I was deeply saddened that the miscarriage-without-stigma movement had taken a huge step backward.[1,2]

The Infectious Diarrhea guideline (effective 14 September 2022) provides guidance for primary care practitioners regarding adults and children greater than 2 months of age on appropriate testing for suspected community onset infectious diarrhea, including Clostridioides difficile (formerly Clostridium difficile) infection (CDI).