Opinion piece: A geodemographic revolution has started

ISM Science Corner - Opinion Piece

By now many Canadians know that February is heart month, thanks to annual canvassing of the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. February, it turns out, is the peak month for heart attacks, but did you ever wonder why? If you subscribe to the notion that high cholesterol is the main or major risk factor for heart attacks, then you would be surprised to know that seasonal differences in choles...

Has science started to go wrong?

Pharmacist prescribing: has the momentum started?

At a March 2012 session in Calgary on legal liability related to expanded scope of practice, numerous pharmacists vehemently criticized the Alberta government for implementing, on July 1, 2012, payment to pharmacists for renewing prescriptions. The pharmacists were not criticizing the amount of the fee but, rather, the fact that they would have to perform the activity (i.e., renew prescriptions...

OPINION PIECE The conundrum of IT management*

Received: 6 April 2007 Accepted: 2 August 2007 Abstract This paper presents a robust argument as to why it can be difficult for chief information officers (CIOs) to generate business value from investments that their organizations make in information technology (IT) with contemporary organizational structures, authority patterns, processes and mindsets. This argument is built on the subtle prem...

Phase I trials in oncology: a new era has started.