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One of the most profound challenges I encountered during my anesthesia rotation as a third-year medical student wasn’t mastering a technical skill or memorizing drug dosages—it was learning to sit with uncertainty in the operating room.

SRPC responds to Globe and Mail Column by André Picard.

As I order yet another supply of travel tablets, I am left with the feeling that our profession can do a lot better in addressing insomnia.

‘In Western medicine, fear is the architect of our daily practice. Fear of complaints. Fear of litigation,’ says Dr. Jabir Jassam.

A patient is told by their insurer that they ca no longer have their medications covered unless they transfer their medications from their longtime diabetes educator/prescribing pharmacist to an out-of-province mail order pharmacy. What could possibly go wrong?

US president Trump's recently announced 200% tariffs on pharmaceuticals could have far-reaching implications—and perhaps even a silver lining.

What’s going on when we chat like this to babies? And is it better to chat to them in the tone and pace we’d use when talking to other adults, or is it OK to talk in a slower, higher pitched, sing-song voice? Here’s what the research shows so far.