General Practice/Family Medicine

Sneak peak look at new hybrid (virtual and in-person). Patients can designate as their “medical home.”

Adriana LaGrange says 33 nurse practitioners are now taking patients across the province and another 23 have been approved to practise primary care similar to a family physician.

Referrals are one of the biggest pain points for family doctors, often having no idea whether a specialist or surgeon has a short or long waiting list or if a specialist even treats a specific issue.

Three-year study shows significant and sustained weight reduction with tirzepatide and a markedly lower risk of progression from prediabetes to type 2 diabetes.

It took serious medical sleuthing to find the cause.

Dr. Nicholas Steinberg comes across an interesting case that demonstrates the value of family doctors.

The Ontario Health Coalition is wrong to attack physicians’ innovative efforts to address patient demand, says Dr. Merrilee Fullerton.

Dr. Harley Eisman, interim medical director of pediatric emergency services at Montreal Children’s Hospital, says the increase in patients is due to seasonal viruses spreading at the same time as walking pneumonia cases.