by Heather | Jan 31, 2013 | Canadian Health Care Information
A 15-year-old boy from Maryland has invented a new test for detecting pancreatic cancer in its early stages. After coming up with an idea and doing tons of online research, Jack Andraka knew he needed to test his idea in a lab. He sent an email asking for help to 200...
by Heather | Jan 8, 2013 | Funding
Proponents of Medicare incessantly tug at our heartstrings. It’s a constant distraction that keeps us from thinking too much about the state of our current health care system. For the more time people spend thinking about their own medical needs and care the...
by Heather | Dec 8, 2012 | Access
How does a request to examine the concerns of doctors facing intimidation within a public health care system morph into a Health Services Preferential Access Inquiry? Oh, wait a minute, the answer to that question is worth more than 10 million. The Alberta government...
by Heather | Nov 4, 2012 | Patients
Lois Sampson, founder of Seniors at Risk, is speaking out about some of the issues in long-term care homes in Canada. “There’s a strong sentiment towards animal cruelty but our seniors aren’t being treated as well as some animals,” says Lois....
by Heather | Oct 21, 2012 | Health Care Legislation
Today our health care remains a hostage of politicians and bureaucrats who use it as a bargaining tool for elections and contract negotiations. It was an easy take; we gave up our freedom for the promised security of Medicare. We allowed a government social program to...
