Ontario expands MedsCheck—againAs announced during Ontario’s latest drug policy reforms, the government is expanding the MedsCheck program to include three new services. Advice on caring for patients near deathEnd-of-life care can be emotionally draining and plagued with uncertainty. These tips can help you and your patients cope Advice on ‘functional food’ may get patients’ attention Dietitian offers quick tour of ingredients that may get patients excited about healthy eating Column to tackle efficiencies, fees Genotyping to predict drug response? Not so fast Environmental factors make situation more complicated than it appears, Canadian researcher says Investigate and treat South Asians aggressively Watch for the telltale signs of double chin and ‘buffalo hump,’ researcher advises Practice Notes: A horse is a horse, unless, of course . . . Stress urinary incontinence cure rates doubted Trials that lose patients to followup yield inaccurate results, says investigator Superbugs firmly established in Canadian hospitals Infections caused by antibiotic-resistant superbugs are firmly established in Canadian hospitals, but are less common than in the U.S. Target metabolic pathways, not cancer genes Focusing on mutations is too daunting a task, as each patient has hundreds or thousands of them, says researcher Urinary flow measurements best done at home U.K. team says medical office tests are inaccurate and is working to develop inexpensive flowmeter Use HbA1c to diagnose diabetes, U.K. expert says Glycated hemoglobin is reliable, and more practical than traditional tests First Previous 1729 1730 1731 1732 1733 Next Last
