Researchers at the University of Regina explore diverse ways of addressing global warming and its side-effects.
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When a group of cyclists stopped at her home to deliver flowers and offers of support, it meant a lot to Amanda Kearns, whose life had been shaken by a rapid succession of news about cancer.
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In a crowded and competitive environment, Canada’s non-profit organizations must find creative ways to achieve their goals. The Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) is redefining the cancer charity arena by forging a path of collaboration and consolidation in its mission to end cancer.
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Dr. Sharon Cohen, neurologist and medical director of the Toronto Memory Program, has experienced the disappointment that comes from studying a potential new therapy for Alzheimer’s disease that ultimately proves unsuccessful.
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Artificial intelligence helping to make medicine and care more personalized and proactive.
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Need for health-care system transformation to allow innovative treatments to benefit Canadians.
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Choosing a care routine that nourishes our skin’s physical and microbial layers.
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Welcome to the virtual hospital.
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Women hitting their career-building stride in their early to mid-30s are often faced with an impossible decision – lose their professional momentum or give up on the possibility of having a family.
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Leading-edge research and treatments are driving the future of medicine.
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levated risks for heart disease and stroke not always recognized by people with type 2 diabetes.
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More than 13,000 Canadians have signed Diabetes Canada’s petition in support of a nationwide strategy to combat the diabetes epidemic in Canada. Another 4,500 sent letters to their government representatives last fall, and more than 30,000 emails of support were sent in just the last few weeks.
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Liam McMaster understands the long and arduous journey toward reclaiming a reasonable quality of life when battling Crohn’s disease. For him, like many others with Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis, the path toward alleviating debilitating symptoms led him and his doctor to biologic treatment.
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In the early NINETIES, people receiving a diagnosis of wet macular degeneration would have learned two things: their vision would get worse and there was no treatment available. The only option was a referral to a low-vision specialist to discuss how to function with dwindling sight.
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Canada’s seniors are growing in number and living longer, as the country moves toward “super-aged” status, where more than 20 per cent of the population will be over 65, and more Canadians than ever are living to the age of 85 and beyond. How will millions of Canadians maintain their health and independence as they get older?
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Pioneers of the Canadian organic beverage supply chain.
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Advancing healthy choices and environmental, social and economic sustainability.
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What does dedication to the health and well-being of Canadians look like? What does it mean to be a caring, accountable, responsive, innovative and community-minded company? Embracing a philosophy that includes workplace flexibility, mentorship, wellness and volunteerism programs has earned Medavie Blue Cross wide recognition for an award-winning corporate culture.
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As longer, brighter days promise sun-filled fun, it’s time for a reminder that sun exposure can cause our skin to burn and blister or even have effects that may be less noticeable in the moment but devastating in the long term: skin cancer. One in seven Canadians will have skin cancer in their lifetime, and the biggest risk factor is exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation.
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Ardra Shephard doesn’t hold much back when she posts on her blog, Tripping on Air: My trip through life with MS. She writes candidly and often comically about her good and bad “MS days,” her hopes and frustrations, and her views on societal stereotypes about people with disabilities, including multiple sclerosis.
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