Healthcare

Canadian researchers found significant worsening of behaviours after medication use.

Doctors Manitoba, which represents physicians across the province, said emergency room closures over the holiday season are set to rise slightly from December of last year due to staffing challenges.

Ontario long-term care homes could soon have nurse practitioners overseeing residents' medical care instead of physicians, a move applauded by nurses and the homes but not supported by doctors.

Experts at the Canadian Immunization Conference discussed Canada’s plans to prevent a pandemic.

A new report estimates a cancer patient will face almost $33,000 on average in out-of-pocket cancer-related costs in their lifetime, including loss of income.

Despite challenges, social media remains an important space where patients seek health information and physicians must adapt to engage.

While platforms like Bluesky now offer a promising alternative X/Twitter, none yet replicate the real-time conference reporting and global interaction that made Twitter indispensable in its prime.

Meta-analysis of 3,374 cases of complicated appendicitis operated on by laparoscopy has once again called into question the relevance of this practice.