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Why Economic Inequality Matters to the Health and Well-Being of All Canadians

By Carolyn Shimmin and John Millar Comments Off on Why Economic Inequality Matters to the Health and Well-Being of All Canadians Canada, Canadian poverty, cancer, cardiovascular disease, Child poverty, diabetes, Homelessness in Canada, hunger, low income, poverty, Why our governments need to address poverty now

Does more healthcare create better outcomes? In other words, do more medications, tests and interventions necessarily result in healthier patients?
It turns out more care is, all too often, unnecessary care.

How health providers in Canada are working together to treat poverty and improve health

By Dane Wanniarachige Comments Off on How health providers in Canada are working together to treat poverty and improve health Canada, Canadian poverty, cancer, cardiovascular disease, Child poverty, diabetes, Homelessness in Canada, hunger, low income, poverty, Why our governments need to address poverty now

Does more healthcare create better outcomes? In other words, do more medications, tests and interventions necessarily result in healthier patients?
It turns out more care is, all too often, unnecessary care.

Backgrounder: The impact of poverty on health

By Carolyn Shimmin Comments Off on Backgrounder: The impact of poverty on health Canada, Canadian poverty, cancer, cardiovascular disease, Child poverty, diabetes, Homelessness in Canada, hunger, low income, poverty, Why our governments need to address poverty now

Does more healthcare create better outcomes? In other words, do more medications, tests and interventions necessarily result in healthier patients?
It turns out more care is, all too often, unnecessary care.

Are we medicalizing healthy people?

By John Frank Comments Off on Are we medicalizing healthy people? Canada’s healthcare system, Canadian healthcare system, cardiovascular disease, failure, health, health advice, heart disease, over medicalization, public health care, stroke, success

Modern medical practice is engaged in a battle, not for hearts and minds, but for the conversion of perfectly healthy people into patients, labelled “at high risk” of various diseases in the name of prevention.

Backgrounder: The impact of poverty on health

Are we medicalizing healthy people?

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Better information is the key to making hospitals more senior friendly

Orthopaedic surgeons on the common knee procedure that may cause more harm than good

Une opération du genou courante et peu bénéfique : des chirurgiens orthopédistes s’expriment

Nurse Practitioners are the innovative solution to Canada’s health care woes

Conseils en vue de la saison du rhume et de la grippe

Des prévisions météorologiques d’un nouveau genre s’imposent

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