Best Practices

Alcohol use disorder pharmacotherapy
High-risk alcohol use is associated with a variety of health, social and economic impacts, including acute intoxication and impaired judgment, and increased risks of cancer, dementia, cardiovascular and hepatic diseases.
My genes crafted a brain aneurysm and the expertise of researchers and doctors saved me
Because of new surgery techniques—that weren't available to my relatives who suffered the same affliction as I do—I'm here and able to exercise my love of language.

What’s the plan? New bill before Senate aims to provide a framework for women’s health

Bill S-243 is meant to legislate the creation of some structure to existing and future funding and initiatives.
Updated Canadian guidelines for use of rabies vaccine for pre-exposure prophylaxis

National Advisory Committee on Immunization addresses risk groups, dosage schedules, routes of administration and vaccine interchangeability.
Your skin has a microbiome. Could it be recalibrated to combat acne vulgaris?

We're all covered in bacteria from head to toe. But which types are actually the problem when it comes to this common dermatological struggle?
Refresher: What clinicians should know about lipedema

Often confused with obesity or lymphedema, lipedema is poorly understood in primary care. A Quebec update provides an overview of this chronic condition, its manifestations and management.
Does long-term use of proton pump inhibitors increase the risk of stomach cancer?

Study clarifies whether long-term use of proton pump inhibitors is associated with an increased risk of gastric adenocarcinoma.
Reminiscing on residency: Dr. Efrem Mandelcorn on finding a specialty that combines your different skills and realizing how brief residency really is

As an accomplished ophthalmologist, Dr. Efrem Mandelcorn found a way not to have to choose between surgery and counselling.
Fecal microbiota transplants correlated with a spike in efficacy for immunotherapy against cancer: study

The results are striking: 80% of lung cancer patients responded to treatment, almost double the rates usually observed. And that's not the only type of cancer the study looked at.
Overlooked in cancer care: the autonomic nervous system

A chronically dysregulated nervous system alters the internal physiological environment in which treatment and recovery occur.

Alcohol use disorder pharmacotherapy

My genes crafted a brain aneurysm and the expertise of researchers and doctors saved me

What’s the plan? New bill before Senate aims to provide a framework for women’s health

Updated Canadian guidelines for use of rabies vaccine for pre-exposure prophylaxis

Your skin has a microbiome. Could it be recalibrated to combat acne vulgaris?

Refresher: What clinicians should know about lipedema

Does long-term use of proton pump inhibitors increase the risk of stomach cancer?

Reminiscing on residency: Dr. Efrem Mandelcorn on finding a specialty that combines your different skills and realizing how brief residency really is

Fecal microbiota transplants correlated with a spike in efficacy for immunotherapy against cancer: study

Overlooked in cancer care: the autonomic nervous system