Description: Canada is facing a considerable osteoporosis care gap, with over 2 million individuals affected, yet only 21% receive post-fracture pharmacotherapy. Osteoporosis-related fractures result in substantial morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs, exacerbated by systemic barriers and time constraints in family medicine. Family physicians play a major role in evaluating fall… Read More
Description : « Est-ce un cancer de la peau? » : il s’agit là d’une question que la clientèle des médecins de famille et ces derniers ne cessent de poser. Au lieu de demander immédiatement une consultation en dermatologie pour chaque tache foncée ou rouge observée et de faire subir à la personne… Read More
Description: “Is it skin cancer?” remains as a ever-resounding question raised by family medicine patients and also, by the family doctors themselves. Instead of making an instant dermatological referral for any dark or red spot seen and commit the patient to a 3-6 months’ wait, it will be more ethical… Read More
Description: Dermatological complaints composed of at least 15-20% of daily attendance to a family physician, and by far, rashes are the commonest complaints But are all rashes eczema? Or are they hives? How about psoriasis and lichen planus? Do we just prescribe topical corticosteroids and surely will they all settle?… Read More
Description: In 2023, the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care (CTFPHC) released new recommendations on screening for the prevention of fragility fractures for family physicians and other primary care clinicians. Months later, Osteoporosis Canada released guidelines that had some differences with those of the CTFPHC. Rather, than viewing osteoporosis… Read More
