Discussions

The overall health of people living on low incomes is deeply impacted by their lack of access to dental care.

In my last post I argued how fear is pervasive in medical practice and how it prevents doctors from practising the best medicine. Now I want to explore how fear leads to practising "defensive medicine," which leads to harming the patient.

Prescription drug costs are on average 50 per cent higher in Canada than in other developed countries.

Smartphones and tablets are changing the game, but the rules are still being worked out

The change in direction for the National Research Council may be another sign of Conservative animosity to science. Or maybe not

Nobody’s good at everything — it’s more effective to build on your strengths than work on your weaknesses

The use of public-private partnerships (P3s) for hospital construction still makes some people nervous. Despite these misgivings, the fact is that the P3 approach gets the job done.