Reading Time: 4 minutes The Canada Health Act must permit more room for experimentation and innovation at a provincial level
Category: Alberta healthcare
Private health insurance would ease Canadians’ suffering
Reading Time: 3 minutes Provinces should allow other options, like duplicate insurance, so patients can access the care they need more quickly
Researchers one step closer to reversing the effects of MS
Reading Time: 3 minutes Molecule appears to trigger the repair of brain damage caused by multiple sclerosis
Private facilities bring much needed competition to health care system
Reading Time: 4 minutes The competition will pressure governments to improve the public system
Key Alzheimer’s risk factors affect men more than women
Reading Time: 3 minutes Finding unexpected because women are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s more often than men
Canada’s health-care system is a disaster
Reading Time: 4 minutes Foreign-trained health professionals could help alleviate the strain
Program offers homeless emergency patients permanent homes
Reading Time: 4 minutes Homeless make more than 26,000 visits to Alberta emergency departments each year
New business provides services to seniors living alone
Reading Time: 4 minutes Tuktu services include driving, shopping, housekeeping, companionship and technical help, all at an affordable cost
Artificial intelligence may help predict opioid use disorder
Reading Time: 3 minutes Model predicted high-risk patients with an accuracy of 86 per cent
New clue discovered for how and why cancer cells spread
Reading Time: 3 minutes But could take 10 to 15 years to develop and test a drug