Is intermittent fasting actually good for weight loss? Here’s what the evidence saysTo date, numerous studies have shown intermittent fasting is as good as counting calories when it comes to weight loss—including a recent study, which tracked participants for more than a year. Should we bother educating the public?Physicians feel like the public doesn’t care. We quietly wish each other a happy doctor’s day while nurses loudly and proudly celebrate an entire nursing week. We don’t complain, we don’t petition, we don’t write to politicians, we don’t march on parliament. Stay overnight Instinct told Dr. Raj Waghmare to ask his recovering patient to stay overnight in the hospital—the next day his admission diagnosis surprised. Editorial: The Mistakes Issue We’re only human: navigating the errors in our lives. POLL: Are you asking patients to continue to wear masks In healthcare settings as some mandates lapse? Could insisting patients continue to wear masks after government mandates lapse result in college complaints? At least one FP is worried it might. Adapting to life with COVID-19: Lessons our own immune system can teach us about public health information In immunology, the way a threat—such as a virus—is presented to the immune system matters as much as the threat itself. Navigating painful decisions: Pain management in older adults Factors such as altered drug absorption and decreased clearance due to impaired renal or hepatic activity can significantly affect how drugs will behave with use. What role should nurse practitioners play in fixing healthcare? There's no doubt that family medicine is in crisis, but Dr. Sohail Gandhi questions whether NPs will be the answer. Canada’s poor health data infrastructure can be deadly But we can still build a world-class system. What do we really know about COVID-19 vaccine boosters? With patients reluctant to get additional boosters, Dr. Noorali Bharwani examines the evidence. First Previous 229 230 231 232 233 Next Last