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BY NICHOLAS CHADI (FGJ ‘17) - National surveys have found that teens today are much less likely to use alcohol and drugs compared to their parents’ generation. In fact, the proportion of high school seniors who chose not to use alcohol, tobacco, marijuana or other drugs has increased from 3 percent to 25 percent in the last thirty years. This remarkable good news is overshadowed by the growing number of teens who are daily marijuana users and the recent increase in opioid-related deaths among young people. It is important to understand the roots of this discrepancy in order to address it. READ MORE

BY NICHOLAS CHADI (FGJ ‘17) - Michael Moze was 18 when he learned that he was becoming a father. Five months into the pregnancy, the Edmonton teen decided to quit school, find a job and moved in with his girlfriend."I got excited about becoming a dad," Moze says, and he was determined to provide for the family. READ MORE

BY NICHOLAS CHADI (FGJ ‘17) - Cette baladodiffusion a été produite par PedsCases et la Société Canadienne de Pédiatrie (SCP) et vise à offrir un sommaire de l'énoncé de principe sur la prise en charge du croup à la salle d'urgence publié en janvier 2017. Cette baladodiffusion a été enregistrée par Dr Nicholas Chadi, résident de cinquième année en pédiatrie et médecine de l'adolescence au Hospital for Sick Children à Toronto. Cette baladodiffusion a été créée en version originale anglaise par Dre Alia Sunderji et Dre Oliva Ortiz-Alvarez. Dre Sunderji est une résidente de troisième en pédiatrie générale au Hospital for Sick Children à Toronto. Dre Ortiz-Alvarez est pédiatre consultante et professeure adjointe à l'Université Dalhousie à Halifax. Dre Ortiz-Alvarez est également l'auteure principale de cet énoncé de principe. LISTEN HERE

BY NICHOLAS CHADI (FGJ ‘17) - Imagine that you are a medical doctor. You need to tell one of your patients that he has advanced-stage pancreatic cancer, an almost incurable condition. You learn that your patient’s only daughter is getting married five months from now. Without treatment, your patient has about a year left to live. Chemotherapy would increase his chances of being alive in five years by about 20 percent but would also double his chances of dying before his daughter’s wedding. What do you tell him? Of course, the choice is by no means easy or clear-cut. READ MORE

BY NICHOLAS CHADI (FGJ ‘17)  -  In the fight against obesity in teens, we've considered a number of different strategies — taxing sugary drinks, rewriting food labels and encouraging young people to cut down on screen time. But one expert says we also need to look at how much sleep teens are getting. READ MORE