Health

HEALTH – Canada answering the global need for health research

April 6, 2017 // 0 Comments

By STEVEN HOFFMAN Scientific director Institute of Population and Public Health Canadian Institutes of Health Research FRIDAY IS World Health Day, which should remind us that [Continue]

OMBUDSPERSON’S REPORT: ‘Flawed 2012 investigation, rushed decisions had widespread repercussions’

April 6, 2017 // 1 Comment

Edited slightly for brevity, here is today’s (April 6, 2017) press statement from B.C. Ombudsperson Jay Chalk on the investigation into Ministry of Health employee firings, [Continue]

HEALTH – No April Fool’s joke, healthcare centre ‘no longer operates a public walk in clinic’

April 1, 2017 // 5 Comments

This is no April Fools joke. The NorKam Healthcare Centre closed its doors to new walk-in patients as of end of day on Friday, March 31, 2017, as previously announced. The [Continue]

HEALTH – Heating your home with wood is more dangerous than you likely realize

March 30, 2017 // 4 Comments

By Dr. MICHAEL D. MEHTA Professor, Geography & Environmental Studies Thompson Rivers University IT MAY BE natural, but there’s nothing safe or environmentally sound [Continue]

HEALTH – What medicines do we really need in Canada?

March 28, 2017 // 2 Comments

By NAV PERSAUD Expert Adviser EvidenceNetwork.ca CANADIANS OFTEN express pride in our universal health system, which provides publicly funded doctor and hospital services. We [Continue]

HEALTH – Canada should stop living in the healthcare funding past

March 25, 2017 // 2 Comments

By GREG MARCHILDON and RAISA DEBER EvidenceNework.ca HOW MUCH should the federal government pay towards healthcare costs? Hardly a week goes by without this thorny issue [Continue]