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How Lived Experience Underpins Hope + Me – MDAO’s Peer Support

Whether you’re going through mental health challenges or physical illness or injury, peer support can be a powerful adjunct to treatment. For people struggling with mental or physical illness, the ability to share their lived experience with someone who “gets it” can be a vital aid in healing and recovery. This is the core...

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Shining a Light on Brain Injury

Brain injury happens in an instant – a car crash, sports injury, fall, blow to the head, a stroke – changing a person’s life forever. Brain injury happens in an instant — a car crash, sports injury, fall, blow to the head, a stroke — changing a person’s life forever. Acquired brain injury (ABI) is...

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Rebelling Against Ageism: Why Generations Should Join Forces

Did you recently struggle to find a birthday card without a crass joke about aging or becoming “senile”?

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You’re Not Alone: Many Options Available To Help Men With Incontinence

Many men feel uncomfortable seeking help for urinary symptoms, but there are lifestyle adjustments that can improve your quality of life.

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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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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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