By Nathan Nickel and Michael Moffatt Child well-being, childhood education, children, children in care, early childhood programs, environment, family, family support, health, Manitoba
To thrive economically, Manitoba needs young people. Fortunately, our relatively high birth rate — around 1.93 for every 1000 women — combined with favourable immigration trends means that Manitoba’s population will continue to grow.
By Jon McGavock and Christopher Mushquash culture, first nations, health, indigenous, Manitoba, Podcasts
While indigenous populations in Canada have higher risks of health problems, our usual treatments often focus solely on western medical approaches.
By Jon McGavock culture, first nations, health, indigenous, Manitoba
Wab Kinew has been telling scientists and health care professionals for years that culture is medicine.
By Wendy Levinson health, health advice, health risks, knowledge, medically necessary, over-prescribing, risks
If you knew that virtually the entire medical community was talking about an issue causing risk and harm to patients across the country, wouldn’t you want to know what it is and take part in the conversation?
By Harvey Chochinov advance directive, Canada, Canada Health Act, Canada’s healthcare system, dementia, End of life care, health, medically assisted suicide, palliative care, Right to die, supreme court decision
On June 6, the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision making physician-hastened death legal will come into effect. A parliamentary committee asked to help the government plot how that would roll out in Canada has made some far-reaching recommendations, well beyond what was contemplated by the court in Carter v. Canada.
By Harvey Chochinov advance directive, Canada, Canada Health Act, Canada’s healthcare system, dementia, End of life care, health, medically assisted suicide, palliative care, Right to die, supreme court decision
The moment we are born, our lives take flight; and the longer we are airborne, the greater the chance of encountering turbulence along the way. While every flight is destined to land, some landings are harder to contemplate than others.
By Laura Stymiest, Lita Cameron and Chris Harper health, health care, healthcare, overdiagnosis, overtreatment, Podcasts, screening tool, test, treatment
Medical students learn how to manage and treat disease. But once they start meeting patients in clinics and hospitals, they are also confronted with the fact that social factors have a huge impact on health and that their medical interventions might sometimes be limited. Two medical residents, Laura Stymiest and Lita Cameron, and medical student, […]
By Alan Cassels and Eric Bohm and Wendy Levinson health, health care, healthcare, overdiagnosis, overtreatment, Podcasts, screening tool, test, treatment
As technology and medical knowledge progress, doctors and patients have access to many more screening tools. But with the availability of more tests, also comes the risk of overtesting and overdiagnosis, worries health care researcher, Alan Cassels and doctors Wendy Levinson and Eric Bohm. They explain why more medical tests and treatments do not necessarily […]
By Harvey Max Chochinov Canada, Canada Health Act, Canada’s healthcare system, End of life care, health, medically assisted suicide, mental illness, Right to die, suicide, supreme court decision
Who but those who have experienced it can appreciate the soul crushing anguish of mental illness? Afflictions of the mind can be paralyzing and fundamentally change the way we perceive ourselves (I am worthless), anticipate the future (my prospects are hopeless), and experience the world (life is unfair and unforgiving). The combination of self-loathing, hopelessness and despair can tragically lead to suicide.
By access to data, adminsitrative database, Canada, data, database, donnée publiques, données en santé, health, health care, health data, Podcasts, privacy, research, statistics, Système de santé, vie privée
The Research Chair Pocosa/Policies, Knowledge and Health hosted a round-table discussion in Montreal on November 26, 2015 about the use of administrative data in the health care sector. Health data is still largely under-exploited by researchers and civil society. How can these databases be used to better analyze and reform the health care system in Canada? Are administrative databases a […]