Venous thromboembolism is a recognized adverse event linked to hormonal contraceptives, with an increased risk related to higher estrogen dose and progestin type, in particular depot medroxyprogesterone acetate.
Year after year, the Christmas season brings a predictable set of medical issues through our doors or into the emergency departments. Here’s an informal peek at the medical mayhem underneath the Christmas tree.
Among the problems with Bill 2, says prominent Quebec physician, Dr. Geneviève Dechêne, is that doctors who care for vulnerable patients in family medicine groups, at home, and in long-term care facilities, do not feel represented.
What do I want in a healthcare system? I think everyone has different priorities, based on age, lifestyle and expectations. My list might include the following.
At our walk-in clinic, we see many patients with rashes—usually self-treated without success, recurrent, prolonged, spreading or uncomfortable (sore or itchy).
