Department: Feature Article

Pharmacist Sam Uretsky takes a look at the who, when, why of drug abuse among healthcare professionals.

Nurse Julia Plotnick came to the aid of Rwanda, Japan, Romania, and Uganda.

With fears of avian flu looming, what plans are governments, healthcare facilities, and businesses making to deal with it?

In an instant, a day of ordinary work on a mountain ranch turns into a day of terror.

Cancer patients come to hospitals with the same fears as refugees arriving in foreign countries. And both seek the same things: hope, freedom, and life.

You never forget some patients. Michael Moreton, an obstetrician, recalls one of his most memorable.

Making a place for the sweat lodge: Elaine Johnston bridges two cultures to heal mind, body, and spirit.

Erin Puck knows what pediatric patients need because she's been one of them.

Samuel Uretsky, PharmD, tells us about those drugs that have so many off-label uses, one might think they're miraculous.

Being a transplant recipient gives you a second chance at life – and the responsibility to live it to the fullest.

Moving overseas can be a wonderful experience. We have the information you need to make sure it is.

Working for International Aid has brought one radiologic technologist far a field, and she shares her expertise with others wherever she goes.

Depression is a growing problem. But why, nowadays, do pills seem to be the only solution?

It's standard to assume that hospitals are scary nightmares for children …

According to Michael Moreton, even getting undressed can send you to the ER.

An MSF doctor's story of braving poverty, politics, and bottlenecks to help in the fight against HIV in Lagos.

Unsolved medical mysteries are finally getting diagnosed.

What's involved in working for a Nobel Prize winning humanitarian aid organization?

The story of an American RN who found that nursing in Saudi Arabia taught her things that couldn't be learned in a book.

Challenges and concerns aside, 87% of Canadians are satisfied with Canada's overall healthcare services.