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@labsandmabs.bsky.social
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Doctor of hematology-oncology. Canadian 🇨🇦Patient advocate. Mom of boys. Runner. Avid reader fiction & non-fiction. Science-denial=autoblock. Opinions are my own.

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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 14/10/2026
The University of Alberta has a lot at stake in this month's referendum. It's crucial for all eligible members of our community to cast ballots. This video from the Association of Academic Staff at the University of Alberta (AASUA) explains why. youtu.be/BpfiAHd2qYw?...
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Make your voice heard on Oct. 19
YouTube video by AASUA
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Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Plasma collection in Canada is a bloody mess that needs fixing. It’s time for Grifols, the private plasma collector, to get its act together or get out of Canada, by @picardonhealth.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... via @theglobeandmail.com
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Opinion: Plasma collection in Canada is a bloody mess that needs fixing
The importance of plasma-derived medications can’t be overstated, but integrity of the system is even more crucial
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Alanna Smith @alannasmith.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Four former deans of medicine in Alberta have joined a growing chorus of critics asking Ottawa to intervene in the province’s dual-practice health care model, which allows eligible doctors to toggle between the public and private systems. #ableg #abpoli @theglobeandmail.com
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Former deans of medicine call on Ottawa to intervene in Alberta’s dual-practice health care model
In a letter to Carney, deans from the University of Calgary and the University of Alberta assert public-private model violates the Canada Health Act
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Carrie Tait @carrietait.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
SCOOP: The Alberta govt recommended a compay linked to Sam Mraiche for a contract to build a $35-million recovery centre on a First Nation near Calgary, according to the community's former lawyer www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... By @tomcardoso.bsky.social and friend
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Alberta government recommended Sam Mraiche-linked company to build recovery centre, lawyer alleges
Former lawyer for Tsuut’ina Nation says province played role in First Nation’s selection of Melewka Homes Ltd.
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Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Yep. I think @carrietait.bsky.social will keep investigating and blow it up. Soon I hope. I don’t want to be governed by grifters.
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Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic... Sorry re paywall. Some screenshots included. 1/3 #abpoli
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Alberta government recommended Sam Mraiche-linked company to build recovery centre, lawyer alleges
Former lawyer for Tsuut’ina Nation says province played role in First Nation’s selection of Melewka Homes Ltd.
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YYCCowboy @yyccowboy.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
AHS V072 of 2026 is now LIVE! A long weekend of increasing respiratory virus cases, MORE ED Closures, Extended OBGYN Closures and long ER waits! Welcome to the "Alberta Advantage!" frazzlehead.substack.com/p/ahs-v072-o... #abhealth #ableg #medtwitter @thebreakdownab.bsky.social @pfparks.bsky.social
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AHS V072 of 2026! Another closure filled long weekend in Alberta!
*NEW* AHS Update V072 (Of 2026!) - ICU - Not updated since March 24th- It’s been 1,449 Days, since Danielle Smith said, “HEALTHCARE FIXED IN 90 DAYS!!” Respiratory season cases keep climbing, more ED ...
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Hey AB, get your vaccines... our HC system is already struggling. The waits in our EDs are astronomical, and only going to get worse. Do your part to protect yourself, your loved ones, and our overburdened HC system. I got Influenza + Covid vaccines same day...
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Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
share.google/d3p7qxbGc522... #abpoli
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Emergency department disrptions scheduled for two Peace Region hospitals on Tuesday
Alberta Health Services says disruptions have been scheduled for two emergency departments in the Peace in the...
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Kyle Podruzny @kyle.podruzny.ca · 09/10/2026
I remain convinced that the reason that flu and COVID vaccines for this season aren't generally available until Oct 29 is so that the AB government doesn't risk alienating their anti-vax and xenophobic base ahead of the referenda.
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
You have a higher chance of getting cancer at a younger age than your parents. So what went wrong? Some change in our lifestyles and environments over a generation has caused this increased risk, by @profdevisridhar.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... via @theguardian.com
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You have a higher chance of getting cancer at a younger age than your parents. So what went wrong? | Devi Sridhar
Some change in our lifestyles and environments over a generation has caused this increased risk. What, exactly, is a mystery, says chair of global public health at the University of Edinburgh Devi Sri...
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Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Fact File: Misleading headlines claim Canadian woman received MAID because she lost ability to cook canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/fact-file-mi...
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Fact File: Misleading headlines claim Canadian woman received MAID because she lost ability to cook
The claim stems from an opinion article written by two Canadian psychiatrists who recount the woman’s story.
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Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Ontario narrows out-of-country drug funding rules after cancer patient court victory canadianhealthcarenetwork.ca/ontario-narr...
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Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #abpoli
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1 dead, more than 400 confirmed flu cases ahead of vaccine availability in Alberta | CBC News
There have already been 428 lab-confirmed cases of seasonal influenza — and one death — in Alberta since the season began on Aug. 30. Amid a decline in immunization rates, experts are urging people to...
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A Dave you know you know @notjustdave.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
This is a story of how a bunch of coddled white folks who had never known social responsibility thought that the inconveniences of a global pandemic response were akin to fascism.
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
"Don't die"❓ Grrrrrr...‼️ Sooo frustrating BS from "longevity" influencers like Johnson taken even kinda seriously. This noise legitimizes exploitive, unproven, & harmful strategies (full body MRIs, bunk supplements, etc) & distracts from what really matters... "Longevity" = Wellness Woo 2.0
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Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #abpoli
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ANALYSIS | How anti-COVID activism injected life into Alberta's separatist movement | CBC News
They fought vaccines and public health restrictions. Over time, their push for freedom shifted to independence.
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Cricket of MeadowHawk 🇨🇦 @cricketmh.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
youtu.be/EiSLnesTTiA?... Ok #Alberta, we deserve a levity break from #ableg My husband has ordered me not to release this, so of course I must. For added fun, guess which one he is. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Missing Wives Docuseries - SNL
YouTube video by Saturday Night Live
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Let me be clear: we know from evidence in countries around the world that physician dual practice drains resources away from the public system and, in many cases, increases wait times for public patients. This goes directly against the spirit of the Canada Health Act. 1/3
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Dying Patients Are Inundated by Misinformation. My Dad Was One of Them. Cancer patients are being persuaded to spend tens of thousands on unproven treatments by alternative-medicine clinics, by Trisha Thadani www.nytimes.com/2026/10/04/m... via @nytimes.com
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Dying Patients Are Inundated by Misinformation. My Dad Was One of Them.
Cancer patients are being persuaded to spend tens of thousands on unproven treatments by alternative-medicine clinics.
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
calgaryherald.com/ne... Some might think the govt created referendum distraction is prospectively designed to avert Albertan's attention from our govt privatizing and dismantling HC?!
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Braid: All-consuming referendum noise masks move to patient-pay health care
Alberta's referendum drive is so all-consuming that it masks big move toward patient-pay health care
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
At 21, cancer robbed her of her health and college plans. She wouldn’t let it take her fertility, too. A transplant was needed. But the patient learned it would risk her fertility and there was no time, by Megan Ogilvie www.thestar.com/news/canada/... via @thestar.com
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After a devastating cancer diagnosis, a 21-year-old Ontario college student fought to save her fertility
A transplant was needed. But the patient learned it would risk her fertility and there was no time for egg retrieval.
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Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/378a168...
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How Canada’s experiment in private plasma turned into a blood feud
Grifols’s debut ignited a debate about a scarce and life-saving resource. Then, two deaths in Winnipeg supercharged it
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
From 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
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Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/378a168... #abpoli
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Former deans of medicine call on Ottawa to intervene in Alberta’s dual-practice health care model
In a letter to Carney, deans from the University of Calgary and the University of Alberta assert public-private model violates the Canada Health Act
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
edmontonjournal.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 👇
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Opinion: 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?  
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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If 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
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The 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...
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Opinion: The ugly reckoning coming for Danielle Smith
The referendum, including the nine non-secession questions, is contemptible
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
edmontonjournal.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."
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Opinion: 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?
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
This 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
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André Picard @picardonhealth @picardonhealth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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YYCCowboy @yyccowboy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
LIVE! *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.social
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AHS 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...
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Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #abpoli
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Alberta ‘failed’ Cargill workers amid COVID-19 outbreak with inaction, overconfidence: report | CBC News
A 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...
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Ann Petersen-Kane @anniegirl.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
People 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-...
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Political pressure, negligence, incompetence all contributed to pandemic tragedy at High River plant, new report says
Parkland 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
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
open.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.
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Wife’s death after 1.5-hour wait for ambulance has Edmonton doctor demanding change
The Courtney Theriault Show · Episode
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YYCCowboy @yyccowboy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
LIVE! *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 #ableg
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AHS 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...
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Timothy 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.
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Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
TL;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-...
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The leading risk factor for cancer isn’t what you think
The 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.
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
From the DM's... Meanwhile, in education... #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli #abed
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Study: 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❗
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Column | 10 minutes of super-slow running can benefit your brain and mood
Research suggests a run can feel surprisingly easy and still benefit your thinking skills.
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Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #abpoli
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Violence against health-care workers in Alberta a growing issue, WCB data suggests | CBC News
Data 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.
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Heme Doc @labsandmabs.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I’m so excited to read your book!
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Michelle Cohen @docmcohen.medsky.social · 20/09/2026
Preorders 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...
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Elegant 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
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A Dave you know you know @notjustdave.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
All 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?
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