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COVID-19’s Impact on Vision Loss in Canada
The Cost of Vision Loss and Blindness in Canada report estimates 1,437 Canadians lost vision due to delayed eye treatment in 2020.
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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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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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How e-Prescribing Makes It Easier to Manage Your Health
When life gets busy, it can be easy to put your health on the backburner. With so many things to do in a day, it might feel like taking time for a doctor’s visit, or taking your prescription to the pharmacy, can always be done “tomorrow.” But it’s important that when life does get busy,...
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Leveraging Canada’s COVID-19 Testing Engine to Transform Cancer Prevention
With all the new health care infrastructure the COVID-19 pandemic response has provided, could HPV screening and cervical cancer prevention be the natural next step? The past year and a half has been a battle, and one of the underappreciated victories has been the rapid and successful roll-out of a tremendous new capacity for molecular...
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Raise Your Voice to Make Parkinson’s a Priority in Canada
Parkinson Canada is calling on the newly-elected government to make Parkinson’s a priority – and we need your help. More than 100,000 people live with Parkinson’s in this country. That number will grow by 30 people tomorrow and 30 more the day after that until we reach 200,000 Canadians within the next 10 years. People...
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Find Walk-In Clinic Wait Times with Just a Click to Avoid Long Lines
Medimap aims to make health care more convenient and accessible, allowing patients to find nearby medical appointments quickly and easily. Almost five million Canadians aged 12 and older don’t have a primary care provider, according to the Canadian Medical Association. Because they must rely on walk-in medical clinics for their primary care needs, these clinics...
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Q&A With Dr. Jonathan Bramson — Thoughts on Future of Immunotherapy
Dr. Jonathan Bramson shares his thoughts on the ultimate value of immunotherapy, and its potential to cure cancer.
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How Pharmacies Are Offering Ontarians Increased Access to Vaccination
Ontarians’ immune health and access to immunization have become more important than ever and pharmacies are playing a vital role.
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Expanding Role of Pharmacists in Vaccinations and Immune Health
As the pharmacy model changes, pharmacists play a critical role in the COVID-19 vaccination campaign and the public’s overall immune health.