General Practice/Family Medicine

Many turn to recreational markets. But why?

Diverse and ambitious, this conference checked a lot of boxes—and some of the best learnings came from patients.

The Medical Council of Canada now has funding to create a National Registry of Physicians, which could be an integral tool as discussions about the need for physician mobility get louder.

Two-tier healthcare in Canada would reduce medical tourism, where Canadians travel abroad to receive medical treatment, argues Dr. Jabir Jassam.

Depression rates among teens have been increasing since the early 2000s. A 2018 national survey found that 13.3% of U.S. adolescents experienced a major depressive episode in the last year.

In addition to Lyme disease, four other tick-borne diseases have started to emerge in Canada—anaplasmosis, babesiosis, Powassan virus and Borrelia miyamotoi disease.

Prescribers who co-sign, counter-sign or rewrite a semaglutide prescription for patients they haven’t seen or assessed would be considered in breach of professional standards, say two provincial regulators.

After a variety of treatments by a variety of physicians, a patient with perpetual warts seeks help at Dr. Robert Dickson's clinic.