Reading Time: 3 minutes Media expose raises some troubling questions about Health Canada’s relationship with a for-profit blood collection company
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Over-medicating to manage behaviour is damaging and wasteful
Reading Time: 4 minutes It’s time to talk about the overuse of antipsychotics among adults with developmental disabilities
Over-medicating to manage behaviour is damaging and wasteful
Reading Time: 4 minutes It’s time to talk about the overuse of antipsychotics among adults with developmental disabilities
Earlier intervention could help Canadians with autism avoid crises
Reading Time: 4 minutes More resources in the community and better training for emergency services are needed
For colon cancer, the best test is the one you’re willing to do
Reading Time: 4 minutes New immigrants and those from poorer neighbourhoods screened at lower rates in Canada
Putting patients first can save Canada’s health system
Reading Time: 3 minutes Patients First could be an incredible moment for health sector leaders to dramatically reshape how health care is delivered
What should we pay for in our publicly-funded health system?
Reading Time: 3 minutes If we are going to invest more money, we should place it where we can improve people’s health, recognizing that more service is not always better
Starting with kids defensible step toward universal pharmacare
Reading Time: 4 minutes But Ontario budget commitment won’t solve all the problems of drug access in Canada, not even in Ontario
More isn’t always better: making better health-care choices
Reading Time: 3 minutes Canadians have more than one million unnecessary medical tests, treatments and procedures every year. But we can improve patient outcomes and save resources
Mental health system ignores those with developmental disabilities
Reading Time: 4 minutes Almost half of those with developmental disabilities are diagnosed with mental illness or addiction and are among the most frequent visitors to ERs