The Canadian Medical Association announced this year’s award recipients on Tuesday, honouring 13 individuals for their achievements, innovations and activism in the field of medicine.
The prevalence of long COVID—a multi-system chronic illness occurring weeks to months after a COVID-19 infection—has led to what some have called ‘the hidden pandemic.’
Close to 60% of patients in U.S. national ambulatory survey were prescribed two or more psychotropic medications in 2005, a sharp rise from the 42.6% seen in 1996.
Q&A: Two Canadian ADHD experts talk about why there is a surge of patients seeking assessment, the importance of a formal diagnosis, and what physicians need to know to recognize and treat the disorder.
Before delivering the bad news to his children, Matt Brown had to think hard about how to tell them he had a newly diagnosed disease that was progressing quickly, had no cure and would ultimately kill him.
It wasn't until 2022 that stiff person syndrome gained global attention as the affliction that forced megastar Céline Dion to cancel concerts due to her own debilitating symptoms.
