March 20, 2025
Doctors’ leaders have called for more research into the effectiveness of back pain treatments after a study found that only about 10% of common non-surgical and […]
March 20, 2025
“Nobody wants to swim with sharks. It is not an acknowledged sport, and it is neither enjoyable nor exhilarating.” So begins an essay by Voltaire Cousteau, […]
March 20, 2025
An Iranian-born surgeon now in family practice in Alberta expressed optimism about efforts underway to make it easier for international medical graduates (IMGs) to become licensed […]
March 20, 2025
The demand for glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists for overweight/obesity has created a clinical conundrum for many primary care providers. Between 2011 and 2023, obesity-specific […]
March 19, 2025
Primary care clinicians often log into electronic health records (EHR) even while on short vacations, according to findings from a retrospective cohort study published in JAMA […]
March 19, 2025
At first, Han Yu Stephanie Liou, MD, thought the broken link was a glitch. She had downloaded information on prevention of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) from […]
March 19, 2025
TOPLINE: In patients with methotrexate osteopathy (MTXO) insufficiency fractures, continuing MTX led to a significantly higher risk for subsequent fractures, with nearly all patients who continued […]
March 18, 2025
Canada’s minister of health ordered a temporary pause in the work of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC) on March 4, potentially jeopardizing […]
March 18, 2025
The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has proposed BMI checks for patients in England with long-term conditions. In draft guidance, the regulator also […]