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Overtreatment of prostate cancer in the active surveillance era

Common Sense Family Doctor

in 2020, with higher percentages of patients with more favorable pathology or lower PSA levels choosing one of these strategies. Time spent diagnosing, monitoring, and treating asymptomatic prostate cancer in men with limited life expectancy distracts from monitoring and treating their symptomatic life-limiting illnesses.

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The burden of mental health on Canadian primary care following Covid-19 [Behavioral, psychosocial, and mental illness]

Annals of Family Medicine

Context: In Canada, most of the population relies on their family doctor for their mental healthcare needs. The time horizon was anchored in January 2012: pre-pandemic period was defined as January 2012 to March 2020, and the pandemic period as April 2020 to June 2022. In April 2020 the MHV rate rose to 0.141/month.