Healthcare

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.

The risk of psychosis increased by 81% in individuals with ADHD taking doses of more than 30 mg of amphetamines, U.S. study showed.

The Canadian Urological Association says the guidelines, which many family physicians rely on, put patients at risk and need to be updated.

Study found the rate of metastatic cancer was significantly higher in cases of local recurrence compared with patients who had undergone total mesorectal excision.

The St. John's-based dermatologist had previously served on several boards and committees including the CMA governance committee and the Canadian Doctors for Medicare board of directors.