Disease Management

Why is alcohol use declining in Canada?
As director of the Canadian Institute for Substance Use Research at the University of Victoria, I consider this an important development and a topic worth exploring given its implications for health and society more broadly.
Could a cholesterol drug prevent first heart attacks in diabetes patients?
Study finds evolocumab lowers first heart attacks and strokes even in patients without known atherosclerosis.

Trust gap limits AI adoption in primary care

AI-enabled clinical decision support is a growing market—and it shows promise—but key concerns may need to be addressed before rollout.
An overview of nonpharmacological treatments for skin picking disorder

Which interventions are actually effective for this common—but often well-hidden—issue.
Is DIY medicine here to stay?

With male sexual medicine patients, there is a huge amount of DIY medicine going on. Self-guided TRT and abuse of all sorts of pharmaceuticals has moved out of the body-building world into the general population.
New guideline for professionals who manage comorbid brain and heart conditions

C-CHANGE panel develops new brain–heart guideline with 11 recommendations for screening and management to reduce risk in patients with both brain and heart diseases.
$1 billion: The rising cost of asylum and the need for 24/7 border clinics

With TB rates climbing and U.S. deportations hitting record highs in 2026, Canada’s ‘wait-and-see’ approach to migrant health screening requires an immediate upgrade.
Case report: Bugs?

An 18-year-old patient with a curious rash all over her body she feared her family wasn’t tak-ing seriously.
Sleeping apart: Rethinking the role of supportive touch in cancer care

Patients undergoing chemotherapy often casually mention that they have started sleeping in separate bedrooms from their partners. ‘Just in case.’
Brief sleep-like brain activity may help explain attention lapses in ADHD

Even while awake, ADHD brains can slip into brief episodes of ‘sleep-like’ activity during demanding tasks, leading to more mistakes.
Low-fat vegan diet linked to lower insulin use in type 1 diabetes

Beyond the reduction in insulin doses, those in the study's vegan group also saw their daily insulin costs fall by 27%.
Case report: Changes

A case the underscores the importance of looking into any lesion that changes—even if you’ve have it forever.

Why is alcohol use declining in Canada?

Could a cholesterol drug prevent first heart attacks in diabetes patients?

Trust gap limits AI adoption in primary care

An overview of nonpharmacological treatments for skin picking disorder

Is DIY medicine here to stay?

New guideline for professionals who manage comorbid brain and heart conditions

$1 billion: The rising cost of asylum and the need for 24/7 border clinics

Case report: Bugs?

Sleeping apart: Rethinking the role of supportive touch in cancer care

Brief sleep-like brain activity may help explain attention lapses in ADHD

Low-fat vegan diet linked to lower insulin use in type 1 diabetes

Case report: Changes