Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A study found a typical doctor's office uses roughly three rolls of exam table paper a week, yielding an annual carbon cost that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A study published in the B.C. Medical Journal found that eliminating the use of table paper on examination tables in outpatient ...

Background & Goal: Exam table paper is perceived as necessary for hygienic care; however, there is limited evidence for its efficacy. It may not stop disease transmission, and it may create a false ...

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Even medicine is susceptible to routines that are not backed by science. That is what Mary Jane Hampton, CBC Nova Scotia's health-care columnist, says about some of the common practices patients see ...