Patient Lifestyle

You can and will make a difference in people’s lives. There is an entire industry behind you supporting you, and if you keep the patient at the centre of what you do, you can never go wrong.

A study published in JAMA this week found that providing physicians with feedback about their antibiotic prescribing can enhance both patient outcomes and health system sustainability.

Fatigue, pain, shortness of breath and sleep disturbances were the most common issues, followed by anxiety, cough and hair loss.

Family doctors are set to play a key role in getting their more reluctant patients vaccinated. But how can they find them and how will they bill for the task of ferreting them out?

A model by UBC researchers using yeast suggests that contaminants created during the drug manufacturing process may damage DNA.

A 32-year-old Caucasian male presented at our clinic a few days ago, seeking diagnosis and treatment for a rash on his lower legs. Another intriguing case Dr. Robert Dickson has just seen in his clinic.