Discussions

Large language models and chatbots are widely accessible, and often framed as supportive, empathic or even therapeutic. For most users, these systems are helpful or, at worst, benign.

The intersection of retirement and ageing can be dangerous to your health. They are often coincidental, conjoined phases of life.

The death of Prashant Sreekumar made headlines across Canada when the 43-year-old father of three died in the emergency room of Edmonton’s Grey Nuns hospital after waiting for eight hours with chest pains.

Medicine is weird because we actively save people from crises. But what about the efforts to prevent the crisis in the first place?

The rise of digital pharmacy communities is not just changing how we communicate. It is changing who we become.

Primary care providers are in a unique position to identify hearing issues early and refer patients to hearing healthcare practitioners, ultimately mitigating long-term health risks.

Apparently not always—or often enough—so let's make sure pharmacy fills the gap.

A frequently seen patient at our walk-in clinic, probably lonely, with apparently few social contacts, is known to suffer from an aesthetically unpleasant rash—which has been diagnosed in the past.