Our miraculous microbiomeRecent studies look for links between our gut and chronic diseases. In praise of handsWhile working with a first-year FM resident in L&D, we were about to sew up a straightforward second-degree tear, but she did not even know how to hold the needle driver properly. Can we do anything about restless leg syndrome? When symptoms are mild, even a few lifestyle changes may provide relief, notes Dr. Noorali Bharwani. Poll: Do you exchange emails with patients? Take our weekly doctor poll. See what your colleagues say. When quality trumps quantity Dr. Hector Baillie recounts two recent books that have profoundly affected his perspective on caring for the aging and dying. Get your flu shot AND your COVID-19 booster Here's what family doctor Dr. Sohail Gandhi is telling his patients right now. Canadian family practice is doomed Unless we recognize and then pay for the solution. A call for action from Iranian Canadian physicians With growing protests throughout Iran despite consistent use of violence by the Iranian security forces, we should all be engaged and help the brave Iranians defending their basic rights. Poll: What do you do when a patient answers their cell phone while in the office with you? Take our weekly doctor poll. See what your colleagues say. What backlogged healthcare looks like and how to fix it Dr. Silvy Mathew knows our ERs are staffed by excellent people busting their butts but the system is shaky. She has a list of solutions. Medicine and mysteries: justice served Dr. Mary Fernando says medicine and mystery novels have much in common and this pandemic has highlighted one commonality in a very tragic way. The best of Stitches – and Dr. John Cocker Dr. John Cocker, founder of the beloved medical humour magazine that ran for many years, died Oct. 3. First Previous 211 212 213 214 215 Next Last