Healthcare

The idea that fruit and vegetables might cause cancer sounds bizarre. For decades, studies have shown that people who eat more plants tend to live longer, healthier lives, with lower rates of heart disease, stroke and several common cancers.

Recently, I was approached by a colleague who had seen a patient with type 1 diabetes using a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist in combination with basal bolus insulin to manage their glucose levels.

When it comes to diagnostic test results, patient access to information has expanded rapidly. Responsibility for interpreting and acting on that information has not expanded in the same way.

Healthcare professionals should assist patients with completing an asthma action plan to help them take control of their asthma and respond quickly when symptoms change.

Dr. Joss Reimer said they are all air passengers who shared flights with someone with hantavirus, but it's believed they didn't have close contact with anyone who was sick or sit near them.

As Dr. Hector Baillie writes, physicians ought not to underestimate stress, both in their patients and in their own practices.

Electrolytes are taking up more and more space on community pharmacy shelves. It's important that pharmacists are educated on these items. Here are some practical considerations when choosing a product for yourself, and for recommending to normotensive patients.

Healthcare professionals, police and other front-line workers are aware of the dangers associated with strangulation in the context of intimate partner violence. However, experts are also warning of risks from so-called consensual sexual strangulation.