In 2001 the New England Journal of Medicine published results of a randomized control trial by Rivers and colleagues of early goal-directed therapy (EGDT) that represented a significant advancement... Read More
In the early 1950s 80% of middle-aged men in the UK smoked and only 0.5% said they had never touched a cigarette. The Second World War was over and it was a time of social progress and general... Read More
Cancer has now surpassed cardiovascular disease as the leading cause of death in Canada, and accounts for 29.6% of Canadian deaths.1 As the most common invasive female cancer in Canada, breast cancer... Read More
A 60-year-old man with diabetes and high blood pressure comes to your office and asks if he should be taking a daily vitamin D supplement in addition to his other medications, and if so, how much?... Read More
Background Colorectal cancer is the second most common cancer in men and the third most common cancer in women in Canada. Every year 21500 new patients are diagnosed and 8900 die from colorectal... Read More