Because I write books about medical things people often ask me important medical questions such as: "Who are all those well-dressed people in my doctor's waiting room?"

It's worth clearing the air on this question. After much investigation I can say with much confidence that those well-dressed...

You're sitting there waiting as the doctor's pen is poised above the prescription pad. He pauses a second, looks up, and asks: Do you have private insurance?

Thus the game begins, and your response to that innocent query contains the answer to where Canada's publicly funded...

Diabetics today are very familiar with a modern form of blood-letting, which involves stabbing themselves in a finger to draw blood. By smearing blood on a glucose test strip and inserting it into a machine, you can find out how much sugar is in your blood. Some people repeat the...