Patient Lifestyle

A Saskatchewan doctor has been charged with unprofessional conduct after allegedly sending a fax to a pharmacy that disparaged homeless people and cancelled a patient’s prescription to punish the pharmacy for serving a local homeless encampment.

'We (doctors) are now at risk of not “hearing” our patients’ stories. I am in the process of trialling Mutuo speech recognition. It transcribes the patient-clinician interaction, using machine learning.'

We all know it's happening—but are family physicians well-versed enough on the issues to help patients with opioid-use disorder?

Adults offer theories about what is going on, but what do teens themselves say?

Three years into this pandemic, most Canadians have taken off their masks and many have stopped getting booster shots. However, COVID-19 is rising among the leading causes of death in Canada, reaching the No. 3 spot.

A new study from Canadian researchers has overturned the idea that the vaginal microbiome deeply affects babies’ gut microbiome. 

As someone who went unmatched in the 2003 CaRMs Match, trust me when I say things happen for a reason.

Physicians will only have to cover their mouths and nose if they are within two metres of a patient and not shielded by a physical barrier, or if there is an active COVID-19 outbreak in the unit.