COVID-19 UPDATE

To ensure the safety of our patients, staff and community our office will be closing until further notice following... read more

Cross Country Skiing #2

Cross Country Skiing #2 Training (and over training)   The early morning low cloud and fog shrouds the starting... read more

Avoiding Colds

Avoiding Colds A couple of months ago I wrote about the approaching flu season, advocating for routine vaccination. The... read more

Flu Season

It’s Flu Season… How to stay healthy this winter I am sitting at Shoppers Drug Mart with my arm... read more

Textured Implants

Update on Textured Implants: Textured implants are associated with a relatively rare form of lymphoma, Breast Implant associated Anaplastic... read more

Swimming

It’s the middle of summer and that means water sports for many, many Canadians. As I’ve said before, I’ve... read more

Tea

It was a cold, wet and windy spring day. I had a meeting with a bank advisor about my... read more

What’s In My Herb Garden In The Spring

Once again it is spring and I have been planting out lettuce, new arugula and, with stubborn Canadian optimism,... read more

Health Canada Suspends Allergan Textured Breast Implants

On April 4, 2019 Health Canada announced they intended to suspend the right for Allergan Medical to distribute their... read more

Spring In Vancouver: Sun Damage And Choosing The Right Sunscreen

The equinox has passed and we are officially in spring. Daffodils turn their faces to devour the sun. The... read more

Understanding Risk: Flying, Adventure Sports and Plastic Surgery

I listened to an interesting news report this week about flying and a small plane crash a couple of years... read more

Cross Country Skiing and Enjoying Vancouver’s “Mountain Life”

It’s the dead of winter, the city locked in its first real cold snap of the season. There was... read more