Megan Ogilvie

Hamilton surgeons who reconstruct breasts after mastectomies have fought for years over a billing code for their technique. They still get rejections.

Ontario judge extends applications for grads who would have been excluded from first round of matching for residency under a controversial new rule.

Auditor general flags the messy and unfair system of incentives in physician recruitment that lacks provincial co-ordination.

Although a court granted a temporary injunction to pause the new rule about eligibility for medical residencies, the fight is far from over.

Kids like David with SMA Type 1 typically don’t survive past the age of two. He may be the first to have gene therapy as early as he did.

Treatment program representatives dispute the characterization, noting that insufficient funding has left their services consistently at capacity.

A striking shift in demographics is worrying doctors who say it’s part of a wider trend showing steep increases of cancer in people under 50.

The rule required candidates to have at least two years of Ontario high school to be considered for first round of matching for residency placements.

Research has also shown that people born after 1980 have a higher risk of developing colorectal cancer at younger ages than those born in previous generations.

AI notetakers are helpful and save time, say doctors, who say the auditor general missed a crucial quality-control step in her examination.