Expert forum releases roadmap for drug reform
Criminalization shouldn’t be the foundation of drug policy, says expert forum
Dramatic budget increase for Hepatitis treatment in federal prisons
All federal inmates with HCV eligible for treatment
July Effect? Maybe not
Patients should feel safe seeking care at teaching hospitals all months of the year
New evidence of contaminants from fracking
Carcinogens from fracking found in waterways
Reactions to international health care rankings
Canada ranked third-last in international comparison of health systems
Online pharmacy still open despite counterfeit allegations
CanadaDrugs.com remains open for business as its executives face a potentially lengthy extradition battle
Support grows for paying surrogates
CIHR is abandoning its contentious virtual peer-review process
Health News Recap
Revamped food guide and more in top Canadian health news this week
WHO guidelines on ethical public health surveillance
The goal of public health surveillance is to collect data to achieve public health goals without harming groups or individuals
SOGC urges national enquiry into maternal deaths
Canada’s maternal death rate may be low, but we’ll have to delve deeper to curb preventable tragedies
3D printing set to revolutionize medicine
3D models are used to replicate tumours and for surgical applications
India introducing routine pneumococcal vaccine
The new routine pneumococcal vaccine in India could eventually save up to 200 000 lives annually.
No immediate plans to build new CMA HQ
CMA House is demolished but there are now no plans to rebuild
US Senate health care bill draws widespread criticism
The US Senate’s health care bill could leave 22 million more Americans uninsured by 2026
Family physicians support Open Pharma
Family doctors support disclosing payments from drug companies to individual doctors
Canadian women opting for less effective birth control
Canadian women are ditching the pill in favour of condoms, or sometimes even less reliable contraception, according to a national survey
Half of Canadians can expect cancer diagnosis during lifetime
Cancer rates expected to continue rising as population ages
Fewer Canadian MDs heading to the US
The exodus of Canadian MDs to the US appears to have ended
Ukrainians battle escalating HIV epidemic
Subway ads for free HIV testing have prompted complaints about the promotion of “non-traditional sexual orientation.”
Drug pricing reforms promising but problematic
Canada is overhauling its drug pricing system but Canadians won’t see major savings without a single-payer model, say experts
Nigeria’s polio endgame impeded by Boko Haram
Boko Haram thwarts efforts to eradicate polio in Nigeria
The home care conversation we’re not having
Governments have been keen to invest in home care as a cheaper alternative to nursing homes, but are we counting the true costs?
Manitoba’s unique health care burdens stall federal deal
Higher-than-average obesity rates are contributing to high prevalence of diabetes in Manitoba
Expert forum releases roadmap for drug reform
Criminalization shouldn’t be the foundation of drug policy, says expert forum
Dramatic budget increase for Hepatitis treatment in federal prisons
All federal inmates with HCV eligible for treatment
July Effect? Maybe not
Patients should feel safe seeking care at teaching hospitals all months of the year
New evidence of contaminants from fracking
Carcinogens from fracking found in waterways
Health News Recap
Revamped food guide and more in top Canadian health news this week
Reactions to international health care rankings
Canada ranked third-last in international comparison of health systems
Online pharmacy still open despite counterfeit allegations
CanadaDrugs.com remains open for business as its executives face a potentially lengthy extradition battle
Support grows for paying surrogates
CIHR is abandoning its contentious virtual peer-review process
CIHR’s face-to-face about-face
CIHR is abandoning its contentious virtual peer-review process
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