General Practice/Family Medicine

Giving children and adolescents increasing doses of egg white powder may prevent allergic reactions to egg-containing foods, shows a new study conducted by the National Institute of Health’s Consortium of Food Allergy Research (CoFAR).

Allergy awareness may have increased substantially in recent years, but kids with food allergies are still slipping through the cracks, say experts.

General surgeons say a lack of work-life balance and an inability to control professional resources like operating rooms is leading to growing frustration in the field, according to a new study.

Risk almost double for women born under 32 weeks

Cosmetic dentistry and medical specialty spas are blurring the line between beauty and medicine.

TORONTO | Although Canadians are aware the incidence of Alzheimer’s is expected to double in the next 15 years, the vast majority of them have not prepared a homecare contingency plan in the event that they or a loved one are diagnosed with the disease.

Amid a steady rise in the number of children with complex health problems, a push is on to establish more full-fledged medical clinics within public schools and make the school nurse a more active participant in children's medicine.