With this new monthly articles series, I aim to get practitioners on the same page on the finer points of why patients experience pain and what we can do about it.
Saskatchewan Health Minister Everett Hindley has said the average wait time for breast cancer tests should be three weeks, but patients are instead waiting about 10 weeks.
Many family doctors are still reluctant to prescribe hormonal therapy to treat menopausal symptoms. In the opinion of two obstetrician-gynecologists, however, there is no reason to hesitate.
Medicine is a draining job. On holiday, the author embraced an Italian phrase and spent days doing nothing and discovering the beauty and wonder in the simplicity of idle moments.
The National Health Service is launching a publicity campaign after figures showed there were about 250 confirmed measles cases in parts of England last year.
The outcomes for patients with persistent low back pain are substantially less favourable than previously thought, according to a study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
