A large study published in JAMA Network Open found that many patients with unexplained electrolyte abnormalities would go on to be diagnosed with eating disorders.
Dr. Andrew Lynk said Thursday that Halifax children's hospital IWK Health Centre is seeing patient numbers higher than he's experienced in his more than 30-year career.
Dr. Cristian Lucian Budeci should have rushed his 14-year-patient to a urologist, ruled the Collège des médecins du Québec. Instead he prescribed antibiotics and over-the-counter painkillers.