Health

One in 6 Ontarians left behind in health-care reforms

Primary care is the front door to our health system. Whether you’re going for a checkup or have just been diagnosed with cancer, your family doctor makes sure you get the tests, treatment and care you need.health reform fails But ...

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Bell Canada, universities join to promote mental health

Bell Let’s Talk, Canadian universities and Atlantic University Sport (AUS), Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ), Ontario University Athletics (OUA), and Canada West Universities Athletic Association (CWUAA) announce a national student initiative to promote mental health with a mental ...

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Feds must show real leadership on autism

As a parent of a child diagnosed with autism more than a decade ago, I’ve watched the provincial and federal policy debates about autism with great interest – and even greater disappointment. Although I used to believe that one of ...

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Our health mismatch between research and care

Canada has a mismatch between the world-class health research we produce and how that research is implemented into our health-care system. Our doctoral graduates are among the most productive and respected researchers in health services, health policy and health economics ...

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LeafSource: Natural remedy 100 years in the making

Can the fossilized remains of an ancient, organic forest treat many modern medical problems? Like Ripley, you might say: It’s too good to be true. But unlike today’s medicines, LeafSource has been 100 million years in the making! : The ...

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Ridiculous-seeming tips to stay smoke free in 2017

The Canadian Cancer Society is calling on smokers to try something ridiculous in their bid to get – and stay – smoke free this New Year. “We hear stories from smokers every day about all of the weird tricks that ...

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The very real dangers of overwork

Conventional wisdom says that hard work yields it’s own just rewards.  It’s hard to argue with success, fame, fortune.overwork danger The big successes of the world aren’t clock watchers.  They’ve turned their back on the conventional 9 to 5 mentality, ...

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Five steps to improving your life in 2017

I relish the opportunity to reflect on the year—and give thought to what I want to be different going forward and how I will accomplish that. improved life I gave up making actual resolutions years ago; like everyone else, my ...

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What did you learn in 2016?

Mahatma Gandhi counselled, “Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” One never stops learning. So let’s see from this quiz how much you learned this past year. The Doctor Game # ...

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Toronto air pollution grows 3x faster than thought

A trio of recently published studies from a team of University of Toronto engineers has found that air pollution could be spreading up to three times farther than thought—contributing to varying levels of air quality across cities. Past research on ...

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