If you find yourself without a primary care practitioner, you aren\’t alone. In our city in Northern Ontario, the cohort of retiring family physicians with larger practices are taking 1.5-2 new graduates to fill their practices. The importance of having a family practitioner is profound. Managing urgent issues, coordinating specialist referrals, preventative health care and… Continue reading Managing Your Health Without A Primary Care Practitioner
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"Annual Physicals" becoming a thing of the past?
A recent Cochrane Database Review including 251,891 participants, confirmed that health checks have little effect on total mortality, cancer mortality, and unlikely to be beneficial. So why the about-face on the annual physical when your doctor would check you out head to toe, have that listen to your heart and lung, and declare you \”healthy\”!… Continue reading "Annual Physicals" becoming a thing of the past?
Dr. Lorraine Sharp 