Patient Lifestyle

Measuring vitamin D and zinc levels in patients with alopecia could serve as an indicator to assess the risk of disease severity.

Nothing doctors prescribed controlled Michael Garrity’s dangerously high blood pressure—until they zapped away some nerves on his kidneys.

As physicians, we often focus on the tangible—lab results, diagnostic criteria, treatment plans. But sometimes, the most profound impacts we make aren’t in the exam room or through clinical interventions.

A mother who was worried about her new baby turned out to have a problem of her own.

Jennifer Brady won her appeal before the Nova Scotia Supreme Court last fall after a years-long battle, drawing a public apology from the premier over how the province handled her case.

As part of a series of first-person true stories written by physicians, Dr. Colin Stevenson shares on his need to not be a doctor sometimes.

‘I’m superwoman,’ Towana Looney told the Associated Press, laughing about outpacing family members on long walks around New York City as she continues her recovery.

The OCP sees clinical viewers as essential tools in the face of the expected expanded scope of practice coming to the province.