Bioethicist become patient; 2 rare diseases & chronic pain (CRPS + FMD).
Artist, Air Force reserve Veteran, Patient Partner & Co-author in pain research, outdoor sports enthusiast.
Sandra Woods, Montréal 🍁
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Drug price negotiation, medication safety, healthcare coordination, public health, disaster/wildfire recovery, and more
Quebec & "Alberta would need to develop and fund processes and infrastructure to perform all of these tasks."
calgaryherald.com/opinion/colu...
My latest #watercolourson2wheels adventure!🎨
When I needed a rest-break during lunchtime #cycling today, I stopped at a beat-up old mailbox I'd spotted last week📫
I had to head home for a virtual meeting, so I'll finish this one on my next ride past that area💻
#ArtDespitePain #art #watercolour
Two of my #ArtDespitePain #watercolour paintings have just been juried into another international open exhibition! 🖼
They'll be at the Federation of Canadian Artists' Federation Gallery in #Vancouver, Jul 21-Aug 9, 2026🎨
More details to come🖌
#ChronicPain #neuroplasticity #painscience #art #artist
Montreal to lose “one of the only surgeons in Canada routinely performing both robotic mitral valve & coronary bypass surgeries”, with sub-specialties in aortic & cardiovascular surgery🫀
By @aaronderfel.bsky.social @mtlgazette.bsky.social
#bioethics #healthcare
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"Tobacco companies spent decades honing marketing strategies, flavor engineering and processing technologies...
Then, in the 1980s, they started buying up large food firms and deployed these same strategies to sell more ultra-processed foods."
#health #healthcare #diet
www.npr.org/2026/06/09/n...
Thanks @CultMTL, for including our "Open Studio Days" in this summer's events! 🎨
On August 15 & 16, visit art studios across the West Island, for free!
With bicycles allowed on the 2 new REM lines to the West Island, bring your bike & visit the studios on two wheels! 🚲
cultmtl.com/event/open-s...
Announcing the artists of the 2026 edition of "Open Studio Days", Aug 15 & 16 from 10 AM to 4 PM, presented by the West Island Art Studio Circuit (WIASC)! 🎉
Details at www.wiasc.ca 🎨
Imagine being 70 or 80, and suddenly being thrust out to live alone in the streets. Seniors are the largest, fastest-growing homeless population in Canada. How can we let this happen to our elders? by Rob Wipond www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
"In 1912, the Guardian reported on the discovery of Palaeolithic rock art... only for the painted panel’s authenticity to be dismissed by 1928...
it was in fact created 17,100 years ago – making it the oldest example in Britain"
www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
"Most Canadian medical societies lack comprehensive COI governance, and existing policies are fragmented & reactive.
More transparent, comprehensive, and enforceable frameworks are needed to protect institutional independence & public trust."
#bioethics #medicine
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Imagine being 70 or 80, and suddenly being thrust out to live alone in the streets. How can we let this happen to our elders?
Research published in the American Journal of Public Health details the connection between ultra-processed foods and the tobacco industry when it comes to production, strategy and marketing.
Dr. Emmanuel Moss's planned move to the U.S. follows a similar announcement last month by Concordia professor Gad Saad.
Background Medical societies shape clinical standards, develop practice guidelines, and provide continuing education to physicians. Many receive funding from pharmaceutical and medical device companie...
