We examined what happens to the appropriateness, quantity and cost of prescriptions when doctors accept payments or meals from the pharmaceutical industry. The result is not good news for patients.
Branswell spent nearly 30 years at the Canadian Press, where she established herself as an essential source of information through her dogged reporting, including of the 2003 SARS outbreak.
Doctors initially suspected an injury. It would take a second visit and a few more questions to uncover the real cause of a mysterious mark on an 11-year-old boy’s abdomen.
I like to live in the moment, but lately I’ve been wondering how my life and medical career might have gone if certain turning points hadn’t presented themselves.
It can take years for someone to be diagnosed with endometriosis. This can mean ongoing pain, repeated appointments and uncertainty, and delayed treatment.
A review of symptoms, risk factors, diagnosis and management, including education and self-care, behavioural treatments, physical activity and pharmacologic treatments.
