Disease Management

Often confused with obesity or lymphedema, lipedema is poorly understood in primary care. A Quebec update provides an overview of this chronic condition, its manifestations and management.

Dr. Jillian Alston, a geriatrician at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, said snow and ice can be disruptive to the routines are that are so important for managing dementia.

Blood vessel damage from fatty and high-sugar diets leads to inflammation, which can be detected by measuring C-reactive protein.

The results are striking: 80% of lung cancer patients responded to treatment, almost double the rates usually observed. And that's not the only type of cancer the study looked at.

That may sound surprising but a large study found people who are more active late at night—when most of the population is winding down or already asleep—have poorer overall heart health than the average person.

A chronically dysregulated nervous system alters the internal physiological environment in which treatment and recovery occur.

Study suggests colour vision deficiency may impact patients’ outcomes.

Second phase of study shows pharmacy clinics had positive impact on healthcare system, improved patient access to care.

Emergency Health Services says the children were in a pool in the town of Canmore, about 100 kilometres west of Calgary.

Dr. Yves Léger’s final report on the illness, which has baffled experts for years, says most patients did not have elevated levels of herbicides or metals like arsenic in their systems that could have made them sick.