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How Canadian Kids Can Benefit from Kid-Friendly Paediatric Formulations

Canadian children need paediatric drug formulations to be more widely available — and tailored to the child’s age, size, condition, and medical needs. Around half of Canada’s eight million children are given at least one prescription drug each year. Most of these are available only in adult formulations of capsules or tablets. “There are many...

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With a Good Care Plan in Place, Children and Youth with Epilepsy Are Unstoppable

With a solid care plan in place and good community support, children and youth living with epilepsy can live life to the fullest. Epilepsy is a chronic disease of the central nervous system characterized by the tendency to have recurrent, unprovoked seizures. Roughly 300,000 Canadians live with epilepsy, and about 42,000 of them are children...

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Continuous Glucose Monitoring System Provides Improved Diabetes Management

For people living with diabetes, monitoring glucose levels is one of the most important steps in managing the disease.

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Being Healthy Is a Privilege

Rare diseases invade bodies without invitation. They steal health, hope, and dreams, leaving families devastated and overwhelmed. Amelia and Gerard Pruchnicki know this better than most. Their 13-year-old son, Cole, has a mitochondrial disease, one of more than 7,000 rare diseases impacting individual Canadians, their families, our communities, and Canada’s health care system. As a...

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Revolutionary Imaging Technology Lets Doctors visualize the Whole Heart Like Never Before

Ventripoint Diagnostics’ heart analysis system provides cardiac metrics with an accuracy comparable to MRI with the ease of ultrasound, improving comfort and accessibility for patients. A new technology using artificial intelligence (AI) is allowing physicians to understand the whole heart in a way that wasn’t previously possible, helping improve care for patients with cardiac disease....

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Accelerating Canada’s Rare Disease Drug Strategy, Post-Election

For the past year, the Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders (CORD) has committed itself nonstop to the mission of forging a rare disease drug strategy that works for all Canadians and that simultaneously addresses the unique and sometimes disparate priorities of various stakeholders. CORD is determined to continue its trajectory toward implementing Canada’s Rare Drug...

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