Lifestyle

Province one of only two not offering any subsidization for nicotine-replacement therapies and smoking-cessation drugs.

Last year, I was approached by a nurse in our clinic to take part in a new project called “Alberta Screening and Prevention.” It’s the brainchild of the Toward Optimized Practice group, and the goal as I understand it is to improve on the fact that only about one-third of adults in this province receive the recommended care for screening and prevention. I was game, so I consented.

From medical marijuana to our investigation about the growing budgets of the provincial colleges, 2013 was a year of big political issues for physicians

Check out our review of recent healthcare stories in the media - Top Story: Elderly patient Tadeusz Czubak discharged to empty house not a ‘one-off' case. Read this and