Best Practices

A Toronto-based researcher is at the helm of a massive, worldwide study published in Nature that identifies the top global challenges and priorities in mental health.

Many Canadian physicians are using electronic medical records (EMRs) to accomplish much more than basic functions such as recording patient notes.

Depression and anxiety have long been recognized as risk factors for heart disease. Now, following a study of almost 8,000 British civil servants, researchers say that a satisfying life is indeed good for the heart.

For the first time since stem cells were discovered by Dr. James Till and Dr. Ernest McCulloch at the Ontario Cancer Institute 50 years ago, scientists have isolated a human blood stem cell in its purest form – as a single stem cell capable of regenerating the entire blood system.

In a recent survey of physicians in Canada, the U.K., New Zealand and Sweden, no doctors reported practising defensive medicine, which is defined as ordering medically unnecessary tests, treatments or consultations in order to avoid lawsuits. This contrasts with similar studies of U.S. physicians.

Maintenance treatment with pemetrexed (Altima) following induction therapy with pemetrexed plus cisplatin improves progression-free survival by a statistically significant 38% in patients with advanced non-squamous, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), results from a phase III study show.

Radiologists have the highest annual billing totals in the province