Scientists and health professionals must rethink how we communicate or risk further marginalization in the public discourse.
Political propaganda, amplified by social media and unscrupulous actors, has become a weapon of choice, wreaking havoc on ...
As both history and New York's experiment has shown, a well-thought out congestion pricing plan will ultimately benefit ...
As rates of syphilis and HIV continue to climb in Canada, a dual rapid test recently was approved by federal regulators,.
It’s not always easy to see how societal factors affect our health. In fact, when we experience illness, we sometimes blame ourselves or attribute our condition to bad luck. However, how we navigate ...
Editor’s note: Watch for Patient Perspectives, a column by Lisa Machado dealing with health care from the user’s point of view that will appear regularly in Healthy Debate. When biotech giant Roche ...
The federal government’s long-awaited Interpretation Letter of the Canada Health Act (CHA), released earlier this month, missed a significant opportunity to modernize medicare. Passed in 1984, the CHA ...
Three days after a visit to an Ottawa emergency department (ED) for bleeding gums and a chipped tooth from a playground accident, 5-year-old Amy’s tooth started to change colour and the swelling on ...