My interactions with high impact chronic pain patients have become more effective as my approach has changed from a relentless pursuit to decrease their pain, to a more compassionate one, where in a ...

For classic presentations of gout and diagnosis please see: Shojania K, Amiri N. Part 1: Diagnosing gout in primary care settings: do we have to tap? This Changed My Practice, UBC CPD. March 31, 2015.

New asthma and COPD guidelines are changing the way we provide respiratory care; SABDs, such as salbutamol and ipratropium, are no longer the mainstay treatment for both conditions. Importantly, SABD ...

Case vignette: A 24-year-old patient who is well known to you, sheepishly admits they are not taking the antidepressant you prescribed. They heard that SRIs were “not that effective” and might affect ...

Presbyopia is a condition that affects all people, often becoming noticeable in the 40s. With age the crystalline lens hardens and begins to lose its elasticity, making the process of accommodation ...

Management of Helicobacter pylori in 2023: who should be tested, treated, and how By Dr. Sander Veldhuyzen van Zanten on August 9, 2023 ...

Offering Brief Behavioral Therapy for insomnia (BBTi) in primary care settings By Vinicio Delgado and Dr. Wayne Lai on July 19, 2023 ...

Heart failure is the third leading cause of hospitalization in Canada and leads to readmission in 1 in 5 patients within 30 days after discharge. Iron deficiency (with or without anemia) is an ...

While I’ve been hard on newer medications like SGLT2i for their relatively small benefit in lower-risk patients, recent systematic reviews show that our traditional interventions are no better, and ...

Help, “hive” got a rash! – Article 2: Practical tips in the management of chronic spontaneous urticaria (CSU) By Drs. Kevin Lee and Persia Pourshahnazari on May 31, 2023 ...

Pregnant persons should be screened for syphilis during the first trimester (or first prenatal visit), and at delivery (or any time after week 35 for those planning home births).

See Dr. Mark Adrian’s ProfileDegenerative lumbar spinal stenosis refers to the narrowing of the spinal canal that can result in numbness, pain, and weakness of the lower extremities. Atypical ...