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A Shift in Care: Managing OAB Patients Virtually

Guidelines-supported approach to assessment; treatment options in a systematic fashion; OAB care using a virtual-health platform.

ENT Emergencies: Otologic Disorders

1st Module in this 4-part online CPD Program

Diabetic Retinopathy: You Need to Keep an Eye on It!

Diabetes CPD Program, Module 1/4

A Non-Healing Facial Lesion

Francesca Cheung MD, CCFP

Basal cell carcinoma is a type of non-melanoma skin cancer that arises from basal cells found in the lower layer of the epidermis

Cutaneous Malignant Melanoma: Screening and Diagnosis

Fatemeh Akbarian et al.

Melanoma is a tumor arising from melanocytes. The incidence of melanoma and patient mortality rates has been rising in recent decades

A Rare Case of Spontaneous Frontal Sinus Pneumocele Associated with Pneumocephalus Presenting with Severe Headache

Pradeep K. Shenoy MD, DLO, FRCS, FACS

A rare case of severe headache presenting with spontaneous pneumocephalus secondary to frontal sinus pneumocele is described

Editor's Note

D’Arcy L. Little MD, CCFP, FCFP, FRCPC

I am writing this editorial on a flight from Toronto to Raleigh–Durham North Carolina...

The Development of a Replacement Pathology Service in a Community Hospital in Quebec Using Telepathology and Supportive Service Corridors

Irwin W. Kuzmarov

Santa Cabrini Hospital is composed of 369 acute care beds, with a separate pavilion providing services for 100 long term care patients.

Potentially Fatal Necrotising Fasciitis of the Head and Neck: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Pradeep K. Shenoy MD, DLO, FRCS, FACS

A case of necrotising fasciitis of the neck originating from odontogenic infection is presented. Clinical features including pathogenesis and treatment are discussed along with a review of the literature.

A Moustache for a Good Cause

Francesca Cheung MD, CCFP

Impetigo is a gram-positive bacterial infection of the superficial layers of the epidermis. There are two forms of impetigo...

Low Back Pain: It's Time for a Different Approach

Yoga Raja Rampersaud MD, FRCSC et al.

In spite of great effort, low back pain (LBP) remains a significant burden on society and one of the most common reasons to see a primary care provider.

Making Sense of Low Back Pain

Hamilton Hall MD, FRCSC

In 1987, the Quebec Taskforce noted, "Distinct patterns of reliable clinical findings are the only logical basis for back pain categorization and subsequent treatment."

Managing Back Dominant Pain

Hamilton Hall MD, FRCSC

Back dominant pain is either intensified by flexion or is not aggravated by bending forward.

Managing Leg Dominant Pain

Yoga Raja Rampersaud MD, FRCSC

Leg dominant pain suggests direct nerve root involvement: radicular, not referred symptoms.

What's New from the Canadian Consensus Conference on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Dementia (CCCDTD4)

Michael Gordon MD, MSc, FRCPC, FACP, FRCPEdin

In the winter and spring of 2012 I was privileged to be part of the executive working group that organized the fourth Canadian Conference on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Dementia which took place in May 2012.