Patient Lifestyle

If you know the story of knights seeking the grail, you'll know the lesson Percival learns the hard way by failing to ask awkward questions.

Dr. Robert Dickson notes that in helping geriatric patients, younger doctors may need to familiarize themselves with out-of-fashion vocabulary—such as the term used by an older woman who suffered for fashion years ago.

When tasks become complex or energy-demanding, like driving a car while talking on the phone, our performance often drops on one or both. Here’s why.

A patient at Dr. Robert Dickson's clinic discovers a lesion that's unrelated to his initial concerns.

Previous infection to another coronavirus may weaken immune response.

The drugmaker said Thursday it will use the site, called LillyDirect, to pair visitors with third-party mail-order pharmacies for prescriptions and to care providers through a virtual medical weight-loss clinic.

Patients ask us for advice. They demand ‘medical clearance’ to embark on elaborate plans of self-flagellation. They tell us what they are going to do, whether we agree or not.

Thursday’s report says cases of influenza are rising in B.C., along with RSV, while hospitalizations and deaths linked to COVID-19 have decreased since early November.