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Why can’t we streamline access to medically necessary treatment for patients across the country who are badly in need of them?

The following article does not constitute medical advice. No baristas, coffee beans, or double-doubles were harmed in the making of this semi-satire.

As a medical learner, Henrietta Ezegbe discusses the urgent need to take reconciliation beyond the lecture slide.

Perimenopause can be tricky, with some symptoms more easily eased than others. But there is plenty of help to offer our patients.

An FP shares how a message on a T-shirt helps patients shed shame, feel seen, and begin to understand that their suffering reflects deep sensitivity, care and resilience—not weakness.

Most of us know Albert Einstein’s famous equation, E = mc2. It struck me that a similar formulation could describe the enjoyment of life, in relationship to medical care, quantity and quality.

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When patients are informed, engaged, proactive and use the health system appropriately health systems perform better. In contrast, passive and non-adherent patients who misuse healthcare will strain health systems.