medical Archive
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Patient complaints against Ontario doctors take too long to resolve and cost too much: government report
Posted on 30.04.2018 | No CommentsThe College of Physicians and Surgeons should appoint a patient advocate to help those who file grievances, and set up a mediation system, the report urges -
Canadian Health Care Is Failing Our Refugees
Posted on 26.05.2017 | No CommentsSyrian refugee family, sponsored by a local group called Ripple Refugee Project, pose for photos. (Getty) By Y.Y. Brandon Chen and Vanessa Gruben Despite policy changes last April to Canada's refugee health care program, many people continue to be l... -
Pot brownies, federal taxes and more: What isn’t in the Liberal marijuana legalization bill
Posted on 13.04.2017 | No CommentsThe specifics are still hazy. Here’s what we’re left wondering about after the Liberal government tabled its 131-page Bill C-45 in the House of Commons -
Canada Still Has A Chance To Reverse Its Diabetes Epidemic
Posted on 24.11.2016 | No CommentsEarlier this year I retired after a dozen years as president of Innovative Medicines Canada. Shortly after I took an assignment with the Canadian Diabetes Association and the opportunity to work on what is one of Canada's largest and most perplexing ch... -
Let’s Find Some Better Words For Weed
Posted on 18.11.2016 | No CommentsThe Queens of Cannabis is one of the dozens of medical pot dispensaries in Toronto. (Photo: Richard Lautens/Toronto Star via Getty Images) Pot. Dope. Weed. 420. Bud. Doobie. Toke. Even 15 years after marijuana was approved for legal medical use in C... -
Medical Science Is Rising To The Challenge Of Obesity
Posted on 18.11.2016 | No CommentsIt's an insidious, unseen, creeping ailment -- one that can sabotage your health for the rest of your life. Once you're middle-aged, there's a 50/50 chance it will trigger the onset of one or more deadly degenerative diseases. "Metabolic dysfunct... -
Discharge of Mountie who developed PTSD after four colleagues murdered violates Charter: lawyer
Posted on 22.10.2016 | No CommentsFormer constable Trevor Josok was dismissed following changes to the RCMP Act that allow for the dismissal of an officer having a disability -
What I Know About PTSD I Didn’t Learn In Medical School
Posted on 17.10.2016 | No CommentsLilly, a fictitious soldier, was corporal in the Canadian Forces (CF) when she was deployed to Afghanistan. Early in her deployment, she was attacked by another soldier as she was returning to her barracks one evening. As he groped her he whispered, "Y... -
Black female doctor rebuffed from helping ill passenger on flight: ‘We are looking for actual physicians’
Posted on 15.10.2016 | No CommentsTamika Cross, an obstetrician and gynecologist, flagged down one of the crew members, offering to treat the man. ‘Oh no, sweetie, put (your) hand down,’ she was told -
Mental Illness Won’t Stop My Family From Fighting The Stigma
Posted on 12.10.2016 | No CommentsMy name is Quinn Greene. I am mentally ill. My mother, Roxie. My father, Dave. My brother, Kane. We are all mentally ill. Reading those statements alone, I know you already have questions. What kind of mentally ill? Do you hear voices? Do you th... -
CMA tells politicians to stop ‘putting the money first,’ calls for health-care reform talks
Posted on 06.10.2016 | No CommentsDr. Granger Avery said discussions should involve federal and provincial governments, medical professionals, health-care officials, universities, and Canadians -
Canada denounces Russian support for ongoing attacks of medical facilities in Syria
Posted on 04.10.2016 | No CommentsCanada denounces the atrocious and ongoing attacks targeting medical facilities in Syria
