Please don’t make any changes in any of your medications until you have carefully reviewed this topic with your family doctor. It is always better to take f...

Guisachan Family Medicine has operated a Patient Advisory Committee since 2017. This committee is comprised of patients from our practices and, when it meet...

We spend nearly a third of our lives sleeping. It is hard to understand how important sleep is to staying healthy and feeling your best until you haven't sle...

We believe that teaching future doctors is great for patients and for us as family doctors and that teaching makes us better clinicians. Empowering trainees...

After the removal of a skin lesion or a mole, you will need to take care of the incision as it heals. Doing so may limit scarring, may help you avoid pain or...

You are probably reading this because we have raised some concerns about your kidneys. We hope that this article helps you understand the function of the ki...

Prediabetes is the condition in which your blood sugar is no longer normal, but it hasn’t risen to a level at which diabetes is diagnosed. In Canada, we use...

A physical exam is an opportunity to focus on a health issue by taking a complete history and by examining you carefully. However, it is also a time to revi...

A physical exam is an opportunity to focus on a health issue by taking a complete history and by examining you carefully. However, it is also a time to revi...

You are probably reading this because we noticed that your blood pressure was elevated. We hope that you find this information and the links useful in under...

We all want to get the most out of a visit with our doctor and it might seem that bringing a list of concerns is a great way to remember all of the things th...