General Practice/Family Medicine

Artificially sweetened soft drinks don’t mix well with alcohol

McGill researchers view community pharmacies as the perfect venue to expand the use of their online screening program—the only scientifically validated tool of its kind.

Update includes information on the immunogenicity, safety, and recommended uses of the newest quadrivalent conjugate meningococcal vaccine.

Dr. Holly Hamilton is “a born-and-raised country mouse who went to the big city (Winnipeg) and graduated from the faculty of medicine (University of Manitoba, 2008) and went into family practice. I married the love of my life and so far we have two children. We became a family of country mice and returned to the rural setting (in Notre Dame, Man.), where we spend time on our 80 acres, along with our llamas, goats, chickens, dogs, cats horses and bees.”

KIPLING, Sask. | An emergency ward in rural Saskatchewan was shut down after staff members raised issues over the competency of the community’s lone doctor.

Between May and October, any visit to Halifax has to include the Public Gardens. They are right next to the medical school and major teaching hospitals, so physicians who are here for work should find it easy to drop by for a quick visit. The Gardens are closed in the winter, unfortunately.

Cohabiting linked with better prognosis before and after hospitalization