Healthcare

From minimizing symptoms, delaying getting help and thinking they have the answers, physicians and pharmacists can struggle when they find themselves on the other side of caregiving.

Study examines zoledronate dosing at baseline and at five years to determine effects on vertebral fracture prevention in early postmenopausal women.

Premier Wab Kinew says Prairie Mountain Health, which covers a large portion of western Manitoba, has been using more-costly private nurses and must focus more on nurses in the public health system.

The 269-page report was done by a government-appointed panel and calls for limits on COVID-19 vaccines and for health professionals not to be punished for promoting alternative treatments.

Health Minister Mark Holland is meeting with provincial and territorial health ministers in Halifax this week.

Doctors of BC and the Consultant Specialists of BC say they surveyed nearly 1,000 specialists.

As part of a series of first-person true stories written by physicians, psychiatrist Dr. Betty Tang is reminded of why she went to medical school.

The Canadian Medical Association and Alberta Medical Association have said the panel’s report sows mistrust in medical and scientific communities.