Healthcare

Can sexual dysfunction due to prostate cancer treatments be improved with exercise?

Canadian expert says sexual dysfunction is vastly undertreated, and exercise is overlooked for its benefits.
Engaging patients: your words matter

If you are raising stopping or reducing a medication as an option, explain why this is being considered.
Video: Detangling the serious health risks of hair relaxers

In this episode of Don’t Call Me Resilient, Prof. Cheryl Thompson untangles the history of hair relaxers for Black women—and the health risks and lawsuits now linked to them
Now, and future, family medicine is worth it

Solutions to a crisis of this magnitude are necessarily complex—but there is hope.
The tipping point

Watching the recent job actions at U.S pharmacy giants reminded me of how close I came to ignoring the inner voice that was telling me to get out of a dangerous and stifling environment.
How to stop the CFPC’s plan to increase residency to three years

It's a convoluted process, but there is a way for College of Family Physicians of Canada members to vote.
Moving from Pap tests to HPV tests for cervical cancer screening

Currently P.E.I. is the lone province to fully fund HPV tests as the primary way to screen for cervical cancer.
Dwindling fuel supplies for Gaza’s hospital generators put premature babies in incubators at risk

At least 50,000 pregnant women in Gaza are unable to access essential health services.

Nova Scotia offering 50 prizes worth $1,000 each for the best healthcare ideas