General Practice/Family Medicine

The move follows a draft recommendation from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force earlier this year.

A panel of Nova Scotians from all walks of life weighed in on how primary care can be improved to serve them better.

A group of medical educators and learners debated the topic at the latest International Conference of Residency Education.

A study examines if cessation of metformin therapy is associated with dementia incidence and whether changes in blood glucose or insulin use affect the findings.

Maddy MacDonald, a pharmacist with Remedy Rx in Souris, estimated their staff complete between 10 and 20 assessments billable through the program per day.

The vaccination survey found high rates of vaccine fatigue but also that about half of Canadians will get COVID-19 boosters and flu shots this fall.

Patients often minimize the amount they drink, perhaps because they don’t realize that a nine-ounce glass of wine amounts to nearly two standard drinks.

I spoke with Dr. Ramsey Hijazi, who is spearheading the (very) new Ontario Union of Family Physicians—which wants to see government funding for FPs rise dramatically.