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National medical organizations call on premiers to focus on health care reform
Nurses put on personal protective equipment at the Humber River Hospital in Toronto on Tuesday, January 25, 2022. Arbitrators have awarded Ontario hospital nurses additional salary increases for the three years that were subject to a wage restraint law, since it has been struck down as unconstitutional. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
opinion
Fellow Canadians: Visit British Columbia at your own risk
Gary Mason
opinion
Drug shortages will happen, but we can avoid shortchanging kids when they do
Jonathan Zipursky, Nathan Stall and Eyal Cohen
canada
Ontario has $4.4-billion more for health care programs than required: report
Nurses tend to a COVID-19 patient in the Intensive Care Unit at the Bluewater Health Hospital in Sarnia, Ont., on Tuesday, January 25, 2022. Ontario is seeking to recruit more nurses in underserved communities, permanently boost the pay of personal support workers, and maintain a stockpile of personal protective equipment. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Alberta’s overtaxed health care system tops the list of challenges Danielle Smith will face
Danielle Smith of the United Conservative Party (UCP) speaks during her party's provincial election night party after a projected win in Calgary, Alberta, Canada May 29, 2023. REUTERS/Todd Korol
opinion
The number of overdose deaths in Ontario prisons is unacceptable
Angela Vos, Lindsay Jennings and Alexander McClelland
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Ottawa picks three managers for $400-million social finance fund
As provincial conservative premiers tout $10-a-day childcare, federal Liberal families minister Karina Gould says they should be "prodding" Pierre Poilievre to see where he stands on the deals. Gould rises during question period, Friday, April 28, 2023 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
alberta
ER physicians encourage Albertans to choose party that will prioritize health care
The South Health Campus adult acute care hospital in Calgary is seen on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Pollsters have said health care, along with the economy and trust, are key issues with Alberta voters. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
food for thought
Non-sugar sweeteners aren’t effective for weight control and could be harmful long-term, WHO says
Leslie Beck
opinion
B.C. sending patients to the U.S. for cancer care is another disturbing sign of a collapsing health system
André Picard
canada
B.C. reports 120% increase in prescriptions after pharmacists gain new powers
Pharmacist Cathy Wang works at the 360Care Denman Pharmacy in Vancouver, B.C., Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. New data from the provincial government show there was a 120 per cent increase in the number of residents renewing or adjusting prescriptions after pharmacists were given expanded prescribing powers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
british columbia
Sending B.C. cancer patients to U.S. for care will triple the cost
A BC Cancer building in Vancouver on September 29, 2022.
canada
New cancer diagnoses down in 2020, StatCan says
Data from Statistics Canada show the number of new cancer cases dropped by 12.3 per cent in 2020, compared with the average annual rate over the previous five-year period, maybe due to disruptions in screening services. Statistics Canada offices are shown in Ottawa on Friday, March 8, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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B.C. government to send cancer patients to the U.S. for treatment
B.C. Health Minister Adrian Dix speaks during an announcement about funding coverage of application and assessment fees for internationally trained nurses, at Langara College in Vancouver, on Monday, January 9, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
canada
PEI left with one intensive care unit due to lack of internal medicine physicians
Prince Edward Island's provincial flag flies in Ottawa, Friday July 3, 2020. The intensive care unit at Prince County Hospital, Summerside, P.E.I., has been closed due to a shortage of internal medicine physicians. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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New combination of treatments for glioblastoma shows promise for patients with brain cancer
Gord Downie of the The Tragically Hip performing the first of three final shows at the Air Canada Centre on the renowned Canadian band’s farewell tour. As Downie faces a terminal brain cancer diagnosis the band embarked on the “Man Machine Poem” tour with a final show planned fo August 20th in their hometown Kingston, Ontario. August 10, 2016 (Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail)
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Hormone replacement therapy should be first line of treatment for menopausal women under 60, study says
FILE - West Virginia University students El Didden, Lia Farrell and Bri Caison demonstrate medical procedures needed for hormone replacement therapy on March 8, 2023, in Morgantown, W.Va. West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice on Wednesday, March 29, 2023, signed a bill banning gender-affirming care for minors, joining at least 10 other states that have enacted laws restricting or outlawing medically supported treatments for transgender youth.(AP Photo/Kathleen Batten, File)
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U.S. call to screen for breast cancer at 40 reignites debate in Canada
FILE - Mammographer Alma Garcia, right, demonstrates the process of a mammogram on marketing liaison Dalilah Garcia of the Neighbors Emergency Center in Brownsville, Texas, on Monday, Sep. 18, 2017, inside a Mammos on the Move (MOM) mobile mammogram trailer. According to a draft recommendation from a government task force released on Tuesday, May 9, 2023, women should start getting every-other-year mammograms at age 40 instead of waiting until 50. Tuesday’s update – if the draft proposal is finalized – would mark a shift in the influential panel’s guidelines. (Migiuel Roberts/TheBrownsville Herald via AP, File)
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How top women advisors use emotional intelligence to give them an edge
Gillian Stovel Rivers, senior wealth advisor and branch owner with Surround Wealth Advisors at Assante Financial Management Ltd. in Burlington, Ont.
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Toronto MP Nate Erskine-Smith launches leadership bid for Ontario’s Liberal Party
Member of Parliament for Beaches—East York Nathaniel Erskine-Smith speaks to reporters during the Liberal summer caucus retreat in St. Andrews, N.B. on Monday, September 12, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese
opinion
Nurses have profoundly lost trust in health care leadership
Kathleen MacMillan and Angela Wignall
opinion
The dominoes of the health care crisis can’t be allowed to fall on ICUs
Hannah Wunsch
opinion
And then every day: Reflections on a life of drinking
Mark Kingwell
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Scott Barlow’s Noteworthy: Five insights on markets and this week’s top trading ideas
FILE PHOTO: The logo of copper miner Freeport-McMoRan Inc is displayed on their offices in Phoenix, Arizona, U.S. June 30, 2022. REUTERS/Ernest Scheyder/File Photo
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Mother-to-baby HIV transmission shouldn’t be happening in Canada, researchers say
Mother-to-baby HIV transmission shouldn't be happening in Canada, researchers say: A few pregnant women in Canada are passing HIV to their babies, despite the fact that this country has all the tools needed to stop it from happening, researchers say. A pregnant woman holds her belly as she waits in line for groceries, at St. Mary's Church in Waltham, Mass., Thursday, May 7, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Charles Krupa
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Pitching in: Bringing digital innovation and education to communities, including First Nations
use 2 column only*** Opportunities NB l Frank’s Digital Innovation Summit which is an annual event that is coming up again in June. Pitching in April 29 Paul Waldie, Cameron Fitch Photo UNB
opinion
This is how much you should plan to spend on dental and medical costs in retirement
Rob Carrick
alberta
Smith declines to disavow comments urging out-of-pocket payments for health care
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith gestures as she speaks at an economic forum in Calgary,Tuesday, April 18, 2023. Smith is declining to say whether she stands by or disavows earlier comments proposing Albertans pay out of pocket for medically insured services as a way to keep the health-care system sustainable. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
opinion
Would forcing drug users into treatment help ease the toxic drug crisis?
André Picard
canada
These cancer specialists want to offer patients less treatment, and more care
This photo taken Aug. 27, 2013 shows a nurse prepares to administer chemotherapy treatment to Bev Veals at Duke Cancer Center in Durham, N.C. Coping with advanced cancer, Veals was in the hospital for chemo this summer when she got a call that her health plan was shutting down. Then, the substitute coverage she was offered wanted $3,125, on top of premiums. It sounds like one of the insurance horror stories President Barack Obama used to sell his health overhaul to Congress, but Veals wasn’t in the clutches of a profit-driven company. Instead, she’s covered by Obama’s law _ one of about 100,000 people with serious medical issues in a financially troubled government program. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
canada
Revolutionary at-home stem cell transplant recovery is a win-win for patients and hospitals
Dr. Jonas Mattsson, director of the Hans Messner Allogeneic Transplant Program at the Princess Margaret hospital.
world
Guantanamo inmates showing signs of ‘accelerated ageing’, International Red Cross official says
FILE - In this photo reviewed by U.S. military officials, a detainee, the control tower of Camp VI detention facility is seen April 17, 2019, in Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. The U.S. has transferred Guantanamo detainee Said bin Brahim bin Umran Bakush back to his home country of Algeria citing that his continued detention was no longer necessary, the Department of Defense announced Thursday, April 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
opinion
The latest Supreme Court health care decision is a huge opportunity lost
Tony Fell
world
Tennessee is sued over ban on health care for transgender youth
FILE PHOTO: A demonstrator holds a sign during a protest rally after Georgia’s House and Senate voted to prohibit most medical treatments to minors that help affirm gender identity, outside the Capitol Building in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. March 20, 2023. REUTERS/Megan Varner/File Photo
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It will take more than money to fix health care: Canadian Medical Association
Surgical instruments are used during an organ transplant surgery at a hospital in Washington on Tuesday, June 28, 2016. The president of the Canadian Medical Association says the new health funding deal struck between provinces and the federal government represents the biggest nominal injection of cash into Canada's health system, but that won't enough to fix what's broken. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Molly Riley
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Meet the AI tools helping hospitals see more patients sooner
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