Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/378a168...theglobeandmail.comHow Canada’s experiment in private plasma turned into a blood feudGrifols’s debut ignited a debate about a scarce and life-saving resource. Then, two deaths in Winnipeg supercharged it 011
Reposted by Heme DocThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026From the DM’s… Allegedly these illegal door hangers are now showing up across Alberta… Without identifying who is distributing them. Sure would be a shame if someone had some doorbell footage… #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli 22188120
Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/378a168... #abpolitheglobeandmail.comFormer deans of medicine call on Ottawa to intervene in Alberta’s dual-practice health care modelIn a letter to Carney, deans from the University of Calgary and the University of Alberta assert public-private model violates the Canada Health Act 0169
Reposted by Heme DocParksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026edmontonjournal.com/... "Albertans should worry about their access to health care. As a physician in the public system, listening to the conversations among my colleagues, I fear my children will not have the care they will actually need." Please take a moment to read 👇edmontonjournal.comOpinion: Who pays for Alberta’s dual-practice health care? Who pays for the system required to make dual practice possible, and who bears the risks when it fails? 47945
Reposted by Heme DocCanadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 29/09/2026If we vote out the UCP in the next election these things will go away - The separatist nonsense Privatization of healthcare Book bans Funding private education Data centers stealing our power & water Mining the eastern slopes Victimizing transgender people Something to think about #ableg #abpoli 78839
Reposted by Heme DocThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 29/09/2026“Ms. Smith’s United Conservative Party has been hijacked by separatists, and as a sop to them she has construed a separation referendum that she did not campaign on. It really has zero, and I mean zero, credibility.” #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...theglobeandmail.comOpinion: The ugly reckoning coming for Danielle SmithThe referendum, including the nine non-secession questions, is contemptible 27247100
Reposted by Heme DocParksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026edmontonjournal.com/... Excellent Op-Ed - All Albertans and Canadians should read it 👇 "When my time matters most, will my place in line be determined by how urgently I need care — or by how much I can afford to pay for it? That is a question worth our time."edmontonjournal.comOpinion: Will Alberta's dual-practice model cut surgery wait times — or only for the rich?When my time matters most, will my place in line be determined by how urgently I need care — or by how much I can afford to pay for it? 410657
Reposted by Heme DocThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This is fantastic news for Ben and his family! But it's also another example of how badly the UCP have screwed up AISH. Ben was forced onto ADAP, a social media outcry caused a re-evaluation and then Ben was approved AISH after they found out about a press conference. /1 412850
Reposted by Heme DocYYCCowboy @yyccowboy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026LIVE! *NEW* AHS V069 of 2026 is now up and posted! More fuckery right across AHS! frazzlehead.substack.com/p/ahs-v069-o... #abhealth #ableg #medtwitter #BlueSkyMed #UCPCorruption #Saynotothenine #ForeverCanadian @thebreakdownab.bsky.social @pfparks.bsky.social @friendsofmedicare.bsky.socialfrazzlehead.substack.comAHS V069 of 2026! Does anyone at the UCP Care? No probably not!*NEW* AHS Update V069 (Of 2026!) - ICU - Not updated since March 24th- It’s been 1,436 Days, since Danielle Smith said, “HEALTHCARE FIXED IN 90 DAYS!!” Respiratory season kicks off with a spike in cas... 02515
Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #abpolicbc.caAlberta ‘failed’ Cargill workers amid COVID-19 outbreak with inaction, overconfidence: report | CBC NewsA new report says a number of factors converged to produce a “preventable tragedy” in which two workers and four close contacts died after a massive COVID-19 outbreak at Cargill’s beef processing plan... 21811
Reposted by Heme DocAnn Petersen-Kane @anniegirl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026People have mostly forgotten how the UCP killed people during covid. Why and for whom. #ableg #abpoli Political pressure, negligence, incompetence all contributed to pandemic tragedy at High River plant, new report says albertapolitics.substack.com/p/political-...albertapolitics.substack.comPolitical pressure, negligence, incompetence all contributed to pandemic tragedy at High River plant, new report saysParkland Institute analysis shows how UCP ministers and officials tried to reassure workers to stay at work in the face of a major COVID-19 outbreak in 2020 78639
Reposted by Heme DocParksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026open.spotify.com/epi... Every Albertan should listen to this. It's heartbreaking. Neither the Premier nor Minister LaGrange have even acknowledged it has happened. They have broken our EMS and Emergency system - safe and timely care is no longer guaranteed.open.spotify.comWife’s death after 1.5-hour wait for ambulance has Edmonton doctor demanding changeThe Courtney Theriault Show · Episode 27453
Reposted by Heme DocYYCCowboy @yyccowboy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026LIVE! *NEW* AHS V068 of 2026 is now ONLINE! The healthcare crisis that keeps on giving.. Closures, Delays & More! Buckle up Alberta! frazzlehead.substack.com/p/ahs-v068-o... @thebreakdownab.bsky.social @pfparks.bsky.social #ableg #abhealth #medtwitter #ablegfrazzlehead.substack.comAHS V068 of 2026! The Healthcare crisis that keeps on giving!*NEW* AHS Update V068 (Of 2026!) - ICU - Not updated since March 24th- It’s been 1,434 Days, since Danielle Smith said, “HEALTHCARE FIXED IN 90 DAYS!!” Respiratory season kicks off with a spike in cas... 01713
Reposted by Heme DocTimothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 28/09/2026"Vaccines work" isn't a political statement. "Immigrants do not increase crime" isn't a political statement. "Climate change is real" isn't a political statement. "Genocide is bad" isn't a political statement. Stop neutralizing the power of facts by framing them as "politics." Reality matters. 12595238
Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026TL;DR: those of us lucky enough to age are likelier to get cancer. Age is a much stronger risk factor than any environmental or life style risk. Share far and wide so we can stop judging people with cancer for their poor choices. 💜 theconversation.com/the-leading-...theconversation.comThe leading risk factor for cancer isn’t what you thinkThe factor most associated with cancer is unavoidable: aging. Older adults with cancer benefit from a geriatric assessment before making treatment decisions, but this is still not routine care. 175
Reposted by Heme DocThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 26/09/2026From the DM's... Meanwhile, in education... #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #abed 1311734
Reposted by Heme DocTimothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Study: 10 minutes of super-slow running can benefit your brain and mood wapo.st/4hy7YgO by @gretchenxreynolds.bsky.social Once upon a time, I was a (semi-okay) track athlete. Now I jog slower than Bolt doing a victory lap! And I love it. 🏃 #Move❗wapo.stColumn | 10 minutes of super-slow running can benefit your brain and moodResearch suggests a run can feel surprisingly easy and still benefit your thinking skills. 23110
Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #abpolicbc.caViolence against health-care workers in Alberta a growing issue, WCB data suggests | CBC NewsData obtained by CBC News suggests violence against health-care workers is a growing problem in Alberta, and unions say it underscores concerns they’ve already been raising. 013
Reposted by Heme DocMichelle Cohen @docmcohen.medsky.social · 20/09/2026Preorders available now for my upcoming book HER BODY, HER CURE! I wrote about the history & politics of wellness culture from its origins in the 1800s to its latest far right incarnation post-2020. Alt-health/wellness is not just academic for me, it’s highly personal. 🧵 utppublishing.com/do... 23911
Reposted by Heme DocElegant Sledgehammer FREE LINK @tinyteerex.bsky.social · 24/09/2026"We have problems, but these changes are not going to fix them for the public system,” he said. "So the only ones benefiting are the chartered surgical facilities, investors and then the insurance industry.” The purpose of a system is what it does. - Stafford Beers 165
Reposted by Heme DocA Dave you know you know @notjustdave.bsky.social · 24/09/2026All my life, the wait times argument has been used to push privatization. And all my life, reporters have just accepted the government's framing. It's been 50 years. At what point do we start pointing out that these arguments are in bad faith? 0209
Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026www.cbc.ca/news/health/... #abpolicbc.caWill Alberta’s dual-practice model reduce surgery waits — or only for those who can pay? | CBC NewsAs provinces grapple with how to decrease wait times for surgeries, Alberta is introducing a system in which doctors can simultaneously work in public hospitals and do private care on the side — a mod... 031
Reposted by Heme DocAndré Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Will Alberta’s dual-practice model reduce surgery waits — or only for those who can pay? Some warn Alberta's dual-practice model could run the risk of repeating mistakes made in Quebec, by @alexandramaej.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/health/... via @cbcnews.cacbc.caWill Alberta’s dual-practice model reduce surgery waits — or only for those who can pay? | CBC NewsAs provinces grapple with how to decrease wait times for surgeries, Alberta is introducing a system in which doctors can simultaneously work in public hospitals and do private care on the side — a mod... 01312
Reposted by Heme DocAndré Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Quebec physicians' law blamed in part for five doctor suicides in five months. More than 1,500 MDs are calling for a coroner's inquiry into the suicides, but the coroner's office is noncommittal, @aaronderfel.bsky.social montrealgazette.com/news/health/... via @mtlgazette.bsky.socialmontrealgazette.comQuebec physicians' law blamed in part for five doctor suicides in five monthsMore than 1,500 MDs are calling for a coroner's inquiry into the suicides, but the coroner's office is noncommittal. 1139
Reposted by Heme DocDr. Jonathan N. Stea @jonathanstea.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The University of Alberta’s free online critical thinking and science literacy course to help people differentiate science from pseudoscience: www.ualberta.ca/en/admission... 310265
Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caIndigenous leaders call for change in Sask. health care after woman's death during childbirth | CBC NewsFirst Nations leaders say a declining health-care system and systemic racism within that system both contributed to Chelsea Bear's death from complications during the birth of her twins last month in ... 023
Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 23/09/2026www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #abpoli This is not ok.cbc.caAlberta premier floats charging temporary residents $1,900 to access public health care | CBC NewsThe figure comes as Albertans will vote in the Oct. 19 referendum on charging certain non-permanent residents a "reasonable fee or premium" for access to Alberta's health care and education systems. 32210
Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I love these moments. I just cried happy tears with my patient because she’s cured and I’m discharging her from clinic 10 years after her lymphoma diagnosis. She had chemo and 2 stem cell transplants. But now she’s leaving and not looking back. 💜 1222
Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #abpolicbc.ca2 missing Alberta children found safe in rural B.C.: Alberta RCMP | CBC NewsTwo missing Alberta children were found safe and in “good health” on Thursday on a rural property in West Kelowna, B.C., Alberta RCMP say. 060
Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #abpolicbc.caAlberta police watchdog investigating death of man in Edmonton holding cell | CBC NewsEdmonton police said the 27-year-old detainee was discovered unresponsive on Thursday night by officers at the Edmonton Police Service Detainee Management Unit, a secure holding facility in northwest ... 000
Reposted by Heme DocASH Clinical News @ashclinicalnews.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Calling all #hematology voices! 🩸 ASH Clinical News is looking for associate editors to join the team, and we want YOU. Pitch stories, write columns, and help shape coverage of the studies that matter most in your field. Apply by September 18 👉 ow.ly/U7zE50ZO4PJ 021
Reposted by Heme DocOncLive @onclive.bsky.social · 17/09/2026🎙️ On this #OncologyUnplugged episode, Chandler Park, MD, and Joshua Brody, MD, note evolving treatments for B-cell lymphomas. #lymsm #hematology Watch the episode on our site or listen on your favorite podcast platforms: www.onclive.com/view/fast-mo... 011
Reposted by Heme DocCanada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 16/09/2026No summer break for emergency departments flooded with high volumes of patients, Allison Bamford reports. Read this article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth 096
Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #abpolicbc.caANALYSIS | What you need to know about Alberta referendum immigration questions 2, 3 and 4 | CBC NewsCBC News breaks down immigration questions two, three and four in the Oct. 19 referendum, which propose three methods to restrict non-permanent residents’ access to public and social services. 112
Reposted by Heme DocCanada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 16/09/2026A donor who reported sexual contact with HIV-positive person is allowed to give plasma in Regina, Kristin Annable, Michelle Allan, Joanne Levasseur report. Find out more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth 142
Reposted by Heme DocTimothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 16/09/2026⚠️ Bodega peptides? Sigh. Those Viral Bodega Peptides Aren’t Actually Peptides [of course they aren't] www.wired.com/story/viral-...wired.comThose Viral Bodega Peptides Aren’t Actually PeptidesWIRED tested samples of four types of peptides. The results show how lightly regulated the industry is, even as popularity surges. 0145
Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... 1/2theglobeandmail.comGrifols permitted donors to give plasma despite punctures, bruising on arms, Health Canada findsThe safety of drugs made from plasma has not been compromised, says Canadian Blood Services 142
Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #abpolicbc.caAlberta RCMP 'begging' drivers to be safe as 2026 could be deadliest in years | CBC NewsThe RCMP is “begging” Albertans to drive safely as they've seen a significant increase in fatalities and dangerous driving behaviour this year. Statistics show Alberta is on pace to have the highest n... 143
Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/378a168...theglobeandmail.comTrump’s fixation on undermining vaccination harms kidsLike almost all of his health policy pronouncements, this one featured unscientific misinformation 031
Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/378a168...theglobeandmail.comAll Canadians should be eligible for a free shingles vaccineCanada may not have a national health care system, but we should still have coherent national policies on essential issues like vaccination 242
Reposted by Heme DocThe Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 15/09/2026NEW!!! New court documents allege that the Alberta government has failed to produce critical documents in the former AHS CEO lawsuit! #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli thebreakdownab.substack.com/p/is-the-gov...thebreakdownab.substack.comIs The Government Withholding Critical Evidence?New Court Documents Allege That The Government Has Failed To Produce Critical Documents In The Former AHS CEO Lawsuit 20217100
Reposted by Heme DocTimothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 15/09/2026🚩 Ivermectin = MAJOR RED FLAG FOR BUNK 🚩 Watchdog asked Amazon to remove listings for dozens of medicines, many of which included Ivermectin www.irishtimes.com/health/2026/... "...promoted online as a cure or treatment for a wide variety of health conditions including cancer and autism."irishtimes.comWatchdog asked Amazon to remove listings for dozens of medicines, many of which included IvermectinHPRA wrote to the online retailer asking for a permanent block to be placed on products 33313
Reposted by Heme DocTimothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 15/09/2026🚨 I'm getting serious personal threats as a result of this defamatory antivaxx BS. Shame on Conservative MP Dean Allison for platforming and legitimizing this science-free nonsense. Can government respond? @heathermcpherson.bsky.social @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social 1613362
Reposted by Heme DocTimothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 15/09/2026‼️ Worldwide, when faced with conflicting health advice (eg, influencer vs MD) only 51% always go with MD. In Canada it is 45%, US 37%. I don't think individuals should blindly follow MD advice, but this data still highlights power of influencers (et al) on health perceptions and behaviours. 32812
Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...cbc.caA new community-led clinic helped save a rural Albertan’s life. Now it faces a funding cliff | CBC NewsFaced with long waits, doctor shortages and the potential closure of its local clinic, the central Alberta town of Bashaw raised funds to launch a team-based medical clinic. However, relying on short-... 032
Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #abpolicbc.caAlberta government maintaining COVID vaccine fee as it prepares for fall influenza campaign | CBC NewsThe Alberta government says its provincewide influenza, COVID and respiratory syncytial virus vaccination campaign will begin next month. 152
Reposted by Heme DocTimothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 13/09/2026I know this is obvious to most, but in Canada academics don’t personally get funds from grants. The money held by institution. Resources used to fund work, pay trainees, etc. These cranks try to create perception that we have been paid off when they know that is a lie. They are shameless… 419273
Reposted by Heme DocParksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 13/09/2026Here Premier Smith. I fixed your “Alberta is Calling” ads to maybe help dissuade all those “immigrants” you don’t want anymore… (Could’ve saved the govt a lot of money on some of the referendum questions if you went w a Truth in Advertising approach like this!) 17629