Patient Lifestyle

Rings a bell: Metabolic Health with Dr. Alex Nataros
The third episode of the 'Rings a bell' podcast—hosting educational conversations to help busy pharmacy professionals stay on top of the clinical info they need—covers general metabolic health as it relates to pharmaceuticals, the microbiome and nutrition.
Medical marriages
Doctors are people and people get tired, crabby, angry, hungry and frustrated just like all animals and humans. When you put that together with kids, a mortgage, in-laws, different sex drives, money quarrels and child rearing approaches, I can’t believe the divorce rate is only 50% for all couples.

It appears family doctors are giving up

About one-third of the family doctors I spoke at a conference were at some stage of quitting family medicine. Given that Canada has six million people without a family doctor—which is already a disaster—it’s safe to say our healthcare system won’t survive if this happens.
Toronto hospital housing model ’a gift’ to residents as ER visits reduced by half

When Dr. Andrew Boozary and his team at Toronto’s University Health Network looked deeper into the issue, they discovered that about 100 patients accounted for more than 4,500 emergency department visits in one year. There had to be a better way, he thought.
Finding your niche: Obesity management

Two Alberta pharmacists pursue paths to make weight-management a key part of their practice.
These autistic Canadians say U.S. rhetoric has been unhelpful, focus should be on early diagnoses

Autism advocates in Canada, says what is needed instead is putting more resources into the healthcare system to provide people with timely diagnoses, because that can lead to financial, mental-health and educational support.
What changes are in the new hypertension guideline released by AHA and ACC?

They come on the heels of new Canadian guideline aimed at primary care doctors.
Black women, ‘biological weathering’ and persistent gaps in maternal care

At the Federation of Medical Women of Canada conference in Toronto, obstetrics and gynecology specialist Dr. Marjorie Dixon outlined how physicians and help close the gap in maternal care outcomes for Black patients.
Study finds ADHD medication associated with reduced risks of suicide and criminal behaviour

A large Swedish study published in the BMJ found methylphenidate is associated with a significant reduction in suicidal behavior, substance use, transport accidents and crime.
AI helps Ont. researcher discover breakthrough antibiotic treatment for bowel disease

Jon Stokes’s research lab has discovered what could be a breakthrough treatment for Crohn’s and inflammatory bowel disease in about 100 seconds.

Rings a bell: Metabolic Health with Dr. Alex Nataros

Medical marriages

It appears family doctors are giving up

Toronto hospital housing model ’a gift’ to residents as ER visits reduced by half

Finding your niche: Obesity management

These autistic Canadians say U.S. rhetoric has been unhelpful, focus should be on early diagnoses

What changes are in the new hypertension guideline released by AHA and ACC?

Black women, ‘biological weathering’ and persistent gaps in maternal care

Study finds ADHD medication associated with reduced risks of suicide and criminal behaviour

AI helps Ont. researcher discover breakthrough antibiotic treatment for bowel disease