Best Practices

A new public opinion poll conducted for the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) shows that 85% of respondents want the principles developed by the Canadian Nurses Association (CNA) and the CMA included in discussions around a new agreement between federal and provincial governments on health care.

A new Health Quality Council report on patients' experiences in Saskatchewan emergency departments found that not all ERs in the province are created equally.

Not all women with elevated human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) levels following molar pregnancy require chemotherapy.

Telephone- and web-based coaching as successful as in-person help, study shows

Rheumatoid arthritis treatment is typically being stopped weeks before procedure despite half-lives of drugs being much shorter

Atherosclerotic plaque was reduced, but commentator says results don’t give green light to high-dose therapy

Physicians need to be aware of treatments—such as gin-soaked raisins—and potential interactions with conventional medications