Patient Lifestyle

Can air conditioning really make you sick? A microbiologist explains
If an air conditioning system malfunctions or isn’t properly maintained, it can become contaminated with infectious microbes. This can turn your AC unit into a potential source of numerous airborne infections—ranging from the common cold to pneumonia.
Cancer survivor celebrates birthday by paying for patients’ hospital parking
Krystyna Locke is celebrating turning 63 by paying the parking fees for cancer patients. The lymphoma cancer survivor knows just how quickly those bills add up after a 20-year journey of hospital visits to London Health Sciences Centre.

Food at the pharmacy: NACDS Foundation launching research pilot around food and nutrition

The Food is Medicine pilot will look at the impact of pharmacies as access points for nutritious food and education.
Wait. What?! You’re a pharmacist working in primary care?

As part of a family health team, Jay Reaume practices primary care every day, but still encounters surprise when people find out he's a pharmacist.
Patients view doctors who use AI as less trustworthy and competent, study suggests

A new study suggests patients find physicians who use artificial intelligence in their practice to be less trustworthy, competent and empathetic, although AI use for administrative purposes seems to have fewer negative perceptions.
Case report: priorities

A recent interaction emphasized the fact that patients have their own priorities, which may be misplaced.
Red flag, green flag: A few words about marriage

In my column on surviving in family medicine, I mentioned ‘don’t marry a jerk!’ as a key piece of advice. Let’s expand on that . . .
An excellent source of protein: Health, hype and hard truths

‘High protein’ topped the list of popular eating patterns in 2024. But does the hype match the science?
An Ohio couple welcomes a baby boy from a nearly 31-year-old frozen embryo

In what’s known as embryo adoption, Lindsey and Tim Pierce used a handful of donated embryos that have been frozen since 1994 in pursuit of having a child after fighting infertility for years.
Nociplastic pain and mystery cases

You may ask, why am I presenting ‘strange cases’ to an audience of primarily family doctors?

Can air conditioning really make you sick? A microbiologist explains

Cancer survivor celebrates birthday by paying for patients’ hospital parking

Food at the pharmacy: NACDS Foundation launching research pilot around food and nutrition

Wait. What?! You’re a pharmacist working in primary care?

Patients view doctors who use AI as less trustworthy and competent, study suggests

Case report: priorities

Red flag, green flag: A few words about marriage

An excellent source of protein: Health, hype and hard truths

An Ohio couple welcomes a baby boy from a nearly 31-year-old frozen embryo

Nociplastic pain and mystery cases