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Do you sometimes slip into ‘essentially placebo treatment’ as a way to manage patient expectations?
A new study explores how 'essentially placebo' treatments raise questions about the transparency and trust that underpin the doctor-patient relationship.
A refresher on peripheral neuropathy
Comprehensive JAMA review highlights pathophysiology, clinical presentation, causes, diagnosis, management and prognosis.

The AMA just updated its uninsured services guide

Strictly available to members, the AMA has also updated two accompanying resources.
Lifelong drugs for autoimmune diseases don't work well. Now scientists are trying something new

‘We’re entering a new era,’ said Dr. Maximilian Konig, a rheumatologist at Johns Hopkins University who’s studying some of the possible new treatments. They offer ‘the chance to control disease in a way we’ve never seen before.’
Saskatchewan signs first contracts with nurse practitioners to expand primary care

Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill says the 19 new contracts will help patients get medical care sooner and closer to their homes.
Canada may fall short of goal to eliminating cervical cancer by 2040, cancer society says

Data published by the Canadian Cancer Statistics Advisory Committee shows a “concerning plateau” of cervical cancer rates, signalling Canada is moving in the wrong direction.
How patient expectations shape physician income

Pay disparities related to gender, race and immigration status persist among Canadian doctors and are tied to physician responses to patient expectations.
Judge says he'll approve opioid settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue and Sackler family

A federal bankruptcy court judge on Friday said he will approve OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma’s latest deal to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids that includes some money for thousands of victims of the epidemic.
Fact File: No ‘plan’ to ‘euthanize’ 15 million Canadians with MAID

Podcast clips recently shared on social media claim that Health Canada plans to save money by ‘euthanizing’ 15 million Canadians.
Treating acute peripheral vertigo in emergency department patients

Study compares the efficacy and safety of IV diphenhydramine, IV sodium bicarbonate and their combination in treating acute peripheral vertigo in the emergency department.

Do you sometimes slip into ‘essentially placebo treatment’ as a way to manage patient expectations?

A refresher on peripheral neuropathy

The AMA just updated its uninsured services guide

Lifelong drugs for autoimmune diseases don't work well. Now scientists are trying something new

Saskatchewan signs first contracts with nurse practitioners to expand primary care

Canada may fall short of goal to eliminating cervical cancer by 2040, cancer society says

How patient expectations shape physician income

Judge says he'll approve opioid settlement with OxyContin maker Purdue and Sackler family

Fact File: No ‘plan’ to ‘euthanize’ 15 million Canadians with MAID

Treating acute peripheral vertigo in emergency department patients