Patient Compliance

Officials allow Medical Post an up-close look at Canada’s newest primary-care reform model

Research from Australia—which has the highest skin cancer rate in the world—suggests sun exposure also can be viewed in a sort of positive light: It may reduce the risk for developing multiple sclerosis.

Common condition affects health, lifestyle and finances but patients delay reporting symptoms.

A high profile case of a woman who was denied coverage of Herceptin to treat her breast cancer tumour because it was “too small” seems to have inspired the Ontario government to expand patients’ access to cancer drugs.

Improvements in psoriasis of the hands and feet also observed when nails treated with adalimumab

Women reported significant positive changes to wellbeing after pilot program

As spring arrives in Ontario, expect pharmacy dispensing kiosks to sprout like mushrooms, particularly in hospitals, medical clinics and doctors’ offices in remote communities.