Healthcare

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.

Protection may extend to female partners, suggesting prophylactic potential.

At the very least, provinces should remove the time limits on smoking cessation medications covered under drug benefit programs, the authors wrote.

Current pharmacy Acts continue to require pharmacists to perform as de facto security guards. Surely other trusted staff are qualified to take on that responsibility so we can stick to patient care.

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.

Combining both throat and nasal swabs improves sensitivity, Danish study says.

‘Despite the fact that systems [around the world] are so different, the challenges are very much the same,’ says Sandra Hanna, chief executive officer of the association.