Family Practice News

MORE than half of Britons being offered vaccination against pandemic H1N1 flu are turning it down because they fear side-effects or think the virus is too mild to bother, a survey of doctors showed on Wednesday.

Painless. The Region of Peel is now calling on all all groups to get the H1N1 flu shot.

All Albertans will be eligible to receive the H1N1 vaccine early next week and may soon be able to receive the swine flu shots at pharmacies, doctors' offices and even some workplaces.

Complications from first trimester abortions performed by family practitioners are rare, and family doctors could help address abortion provider shortages across the U.S., a new study found.

The survey, previously conducted in 2005 and 2007, was markedly expanded this year to include responses from 2,012 family practice physicians using a total of 22 EHR systems.

More than half of patients are turning down the swine flu vaccine, a snapshot survey has suggested.

With about 30,000 doses of the H1N1 vaccine expected Tuesday, the City of Ottawa intends to resume immunizing residents Wednesday.

"I remember he was so involved with his patients," Rizzuto, 23, said yesterday during a conference on family medicine at a hotel in downtown Montreal.

Starting next week, Peel Health will expand its H1N1 immunization program - " currently available only to priority groups - " to include children 14 years and under.

West Hill seniors Tina and Dominic Marcelli lost their family doctor of 42 years in September when the physician moved out of the area, "He asked us to go with him but we live in Scarborough.

About 260 family doctors in the Capital Health district will share 13,000 doses.

Leading Harvard School of Public Health nutrition and health researcher Walter Willett, M.D., Dr.

Patients with influenza-like symptoms who don't have access to a family doctor can receive care at an H1N1 flu assessment centre in Brampton starting tomorrow.

St. Andrew's College insists it has done nothing wrong by inoculating staff and students who did not fall within the province's priority groups.

These days the doctors who care for children work into the evening and through the weekends.

Passing stories of war between generations is an important part of the healing process for veterans, writes Dr.

Washingtong, D.C. -- Health-reform legislation approved by the House last weekend would add tens of millions of Americans to the ranks of the insured.

Welcoming a new baby is a happy and exciting time, but it's also full of stress.

A few weeks ago, the Los Angeles Times Booster Shots blog announced that "Dr. Coca-Cola will see you now," noting opposition to the recently revealed alliance between the Coca-Cola Company and the American Academy of Family Physicians: [in] a sharply worded letter sent Wednesday to Dr.

Family doctors are now taking more time consulting with adult patients, seeing them more often and improving the quality of visits, a new study suggests.