Patient Lifestyle

A letter sent to the editor of The New England Journal of Medicine signed by Canadian health officials says the British Columbia teenager who tested positive for avian flu has been taken off of supplemental oxygen and is no longer infectious.

As part of a series of first-person true stories written by physicians, Dr. Shafiq Qaadri writes here about his encounters with a grief-stricken patient.

Doctors share their reflections and their personal goals for the year ahead. Plus, some tips for making them stick.

The growing demand for specialty pharmacy services across the province prompts the Montreal-based pharmacy to expand its scope of operations.

Doctor-written stories and the power of narrative in medicine

Already in use in Europe, the vaccine reduces the number of urinary tract infection recurrences in significant numbers of women.

But how do you talk to patients about their overall life-expectancy?

Kennedy Keiley began her career in 1959, after graduating from the nursing school run primarily by nuns at St. Clare’s, a 102-year-old hospital in the capital’s downtown.