By Gabriela Novotna and Tom McIntosh addiction, criminal, drug use, fentanyl, harm reduction, health, health crisis, naloxone, opioid poisoning, opioids, OxyContin, police, treatment
Canada has had 2458 opioid related deaths in the past year According to the Canadian Institute of Health Information (CIHI), the rate of opioid poisoning hospitalizations has been steadily on the rise with approximately 13 Canadians a day hospitalized for an opioid overdose in 2014-2015. What began with the over-prescription of opioids such as […]
Par George D. Carson et Wendy Levinson birth, cervical screening, cesarean birth, childbirth, health, health advice, health risks, labour and delivery, medical costs, medically necessary, over-prescribing, pregnancy, risks, unnecessary care, unnecessary medical treatments
Une version de ce commentaire est parue dans Le Soleil Voici un des faits sans doute des plus surprenants : l’accouchement est la principale cause d’hospitalisation chez les Canadiennes année après année. Plus de 350 000 bébés sont nés dans les hôpitaux canadiens l’an dernier, et l’intervention chirurgicale la plus fréquente dans les hôpitaux est l’accouchement par césarienne : on en […]
By George D. Carson and Wendy Levinson birth, cervical screening, cesarean birth, childbirth, health, health advice, health risks, labour and delivery, medical costs, medically necessary, over-prescribing, pregnancy, risks, unnecessary care, unnecessary medical treatments
A version of this commentary appeared in the Toronto Star, Canadian Healthcare Network and the Winnipeg Free Press Here is, perhaps, a surprising fact: Birth is the most common reason that Canadian women are hospitalized each year. There were over 350,000 babies born in hospitals across the country last year. And the most common in-hospital […]
By Wendy Levinson health, health advice, health risks, knowledge, medical costs, medically necessary, over-prescribing, risks, unnecessary medical treatments
How we can improve patient outcomes and stop wasting health care resources in the process A version of this commentary appeared in the CBC News, the Huffington Post and the Victoria Times Colonist Each year, there are at least one million unnecessary tests, treatments and procedures done in Canadian health care settings. This means that […]
By Daniel Niven Canada, culture, first nations, health, history, indigenous, Treaty
Canada has a mismatch between the world class quality of research we produce on health every year and how that research is implemented into our healthcare system.
By Erin Schryer and Nicole Letourneau Canada, Child well-being, childhood development, equality, health, history, low income, low income neighbourhood
National Child Day has been celebrated across Canada every November 20th since 1993 to commemorate the United Nations’ adoption of two documents describing children’s rights: The 1959 United Nations Declaration of the Rights of the Child and the 1989 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
By Adalsteinn Brown and Stephen Bornstein Canada, doctoral graduates, health, health care system, healthcare, healthcare funding, International health systems
Canada has a mismatch between the world class quality of research we produce on health every year and how that research is implemented into our healthcare system.
By Leonard G. Flett and Nicole Letourneau Canada, culture, first nations, health, history, indigenous, Treaty
Canadian Indigenous people have been described as “ghosts of history,” spectres lingering in the background, haunting our legacy. This refers to the fact that Indigenous people have been ignored to a great extent in Canadian history
By Gary Bloch Canadian healthcare system, Canadian poverty, Child poverty, financial benefits, health, income gap, poverty tool, social assistance
As a family doctor who works largely with people living on low incomes, poverty is at the root of many of the illnesses I treat.
By Gary Bloch and John Silver Canadian healthcare system, Canadian poverty, Child poverty, education, financial benefits, GAI, Guaranteed Annual Income, health, income gap, poverty tool, social assistance
Most Canadians would like to see an end to poverty. What if we told you that one organization, using the existing social benefits system, found a way to get $21 million into the pockets of 9,000 low income individuals in Winnipeg?