Patient Compliance

Honesty should be the cornerstone of any profession, but when it comes to medicine, it appears that patients dislike hearing the truth–even if it hurts.

Canadian doctors will be the first on the continent to prescribe heroin—a harm-reduction plan that is rolling out in Vancouver.

China might be the world's next superpower, but when it comes to medicine, Canada can still teach the rising Asian nation a thing or two.

Project to assess whether patients clinically improve when pharmacist prescribes treatment for minor ailment.

The doctor shortage in British Columbia's rural and Interior communities continues to plague the provincial health-care system, and now, one town appears to be dealing with a crisis.