Public Health & Preventive Medicine

Patients in B.C. are now just three digits away from receiving free, 24-hour medical advice.

Emotions run high in the debate about using public-private partnerships to finance hospital construction. Harvey Schachter cuts through the rhetoric in the first of a two-part report

Boots has announced it is piloting a private cervical cancer vaccination service at 10 branches in London, England.

About one-third of adults with physician-diagnosed asthma do not have asthma, according to the results of a new study.

The AYC Pharmacy on Vancouver's downtown East Hastings Street has had its pharmacy license suspended indefinitely following an investigation by the College of Pharmacists of B.C.

The Canadian Society of Nephrology has developed new guidelines for the management of chronic kidney disease (CKD).

New figures released by the Canadian Institute for Health Information indicate Canada's healthcare spending will hit $171.9 billion this year, an increase of 6.4% over 2007.