Nov 24, 2024 · Roger Foley is determined to live life as best he can. At age 49, he can no longer walk. He was born with spinocerebellar ataxia, a genetic disease that has progressed to the point where he needs help to swallow, bathe and empty his bowels.

Nov 10, 2024 · In modern medicine, the term “surgery” conjures images of curative interventions. A paradigm shift, however, is emerging with the rise of palliative surgery – an approach that focuses on alleviating symptoms and enhancing quality of life for patients facing serious, non-curable illnesses.

Dec 15, 2024 · Calls to “enhance productivity” in health care can feel like a euphemism for “do more with less” – a bitter pill to swallow for those of us on the front lines grappling with rising patient volumes, growing complexities of care, resource scarcity and staff shortages.

Dec 8, 2024 · Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing rehabilitation medicine, removing barriers inherent in traditional services and offering novel methods to some of the 2.4 billion people the World Health Organization estimates may benefit from rehabilitation.

Sep 16, 2024 · Why did you create the Brainwell Institute? For both of us, it’s a very personal journey. We’ve both experienced dementia with loved ones and experienced the frustration of that journey in the health system, and professionally, of course, we’ve both been in the dementia and aging space for many years.

Jan 8, 2025 · For women living with premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD), every month is a fight for survival. For two weeks at a time, Abbie Hentges says she feels like a completely different person. “I go through a stage every month where I literally …

Dec 10, 2024 · Canada’s health-care system stands at a critical juncture, facing an alarming shortage of doctors that has left entire communities without adequate medical care.

Jan 7, 2025 · In Canada, access to Paxlovid, a treatment for mild to moderate COVID-19 infection, has become increasingly challenging, with dwindling stock, significant shortages and concerns about affordability since the end of the federal program last April. Critics say these barriers to access are driven by ...

Jan 16, 2025 · The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) recent announcement that the red dye known as erythrosine, FD&C Red No. 3 or Red 3 – previously authorized for use as a colour additive in food and ingested drugs – will be banned in the U.S. will go down in history as the very definition of a red herring.. While Health Canada says the dye does not pose a health risk to the general population ...

Jan 29, 2025 · Health system navigators is a concept for which we advocated for years. Navigation of our very complex health system often remains at the level of individual providers, e.g., family doctors, social workers and nurses.