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
Since becoming available in Canada in the 1990s, second-generation antipsychotic (SGA) medications (e.g., clozapine, risperidone, olanzapine, and quetiapine) have been prescribed with increasing... Read More
Antibiotic overprescription is associated with adverse health care outcomes and has concerned researchers for many years.[1] While there is a general perception that antibiotic use exceeds actual... Read More