Patient Lifestyle

The holiday season provides a cornucopia of factors that increase mental and physical stress. Test your knowledge of research that looks into these factors, and ways to ease the burden.

The Virtual Medicine Ward allows certain patients who would otherwise need to be in hospital to be monitored remotely.

Two pharmacists pursue different paths to make weight-management a key part of their practice.

With primary care sometimes difficult to access and ER wait times high, the number of patients leaving without treatment has spiked.

Much of the conversation about Botox centres on whether it looks good or bad, or if getting it can be considered a ‘feminist’ choice. Less attention has been given to the fact that research indicates that one in six patients who are injected with Botox—or Botulinum toxin, a neurotoxin—experiences adverse effects from the procedure.

Is accidental contact an act of professional misconduct? The CPSO suggests it is – but the tribunal hasn’t agreed.

Health Canada’s annual report on medical assistance in dying shows that more Canadians are choosing assisted dying each year, but the rate of growth has slowed.

The more steps the better, but there’s a peak.

Innovative, community-based programs are needed as male loneliness, sometimes masked by anger or participation in dark online communities, is on the rise in Canada.