Patient Compliance

Progress slow on dismissing frivolous college complaints

Ontario and B.C. considering colleges’ request for more control
Intermittent versus continuous prostate cancer therapy: New trial raises cautions in metastatic disease

Researchers unable to conclude the two strategies produce equivalent results
Excess glutamate an early driver for schizophrenia

An excess of the brain neurotransmitter glutamate could cause the transition to psychosis in those at risk for schizophrenia, according to a new study from researchers at Columbia University Medical Center.
Physicians group publishes low-risk drinking guidelines

Canadian Medical Association issues guidelines on what is considered a sensible quantity of alcohol to consume.
LETTER: Colleges are distorting patient care in Canada
Fact versus fiction: Letting the air out of the balloon

Alberta registrar offers rebuttal to colleges investigation
Lyme expert forced into retirement by college speaks out

An embattled B.C. doctor forced into an early and unwelcome retirement by the province’s College of Physicians and Surgeons is speaking out about his plight.
Excess glutamate an early driver for schizophrenia

An excess of the brain neurotransmitter glutamate could cause the transition to psychosis in those at risk for schizophrenia, according to a new study from researchers at Columbia University Medical Center.

P.E.I. to add catastrophic drug program