by Heather | Oct 1, 2018 | Canadian Health Care Information
The questions I raised about Public Health’s grade 6 school-based immunization program led me down an interesting path of discovery. I became much more aware of the marketing tactics aimed at securing parental consent for the use of various vaccines on healthy...
by Heather | Apr 27, 2018 | Canadian Health Care Information
After glancing over the immunization package my daughter brought home from school a number of questions popped into my mind. The fact sheet included a brief overview of the diseases the vaccines are meant to prevent, but nothing about the prevalence of these diseases...
by Heather | Jan 23, 2017 | Canadian Health Care Information, Health Care Legislation
Back in 1962, Saskatchewan patients and doctors rose up to defend their individual freedom against socialism’s stealthy constitutional attack. In the end, legislation passed forcing them to surrender their freedom to government control and the doctor/patient...
by Heather | Mar 31, 2015 | Canadian Health Care Information
Overflowing emergency rooms, bed shortages, and hallway nursing are the norm in Canadian hospitals. Patients unable to avoid getting sick or injured are now being advised to wait at home. Another way for hospitals to make their statistics look more favorable is to...
by Heather | Dec 20, 2013 | Canadian Health Care Information
Many academics, researchers and medical professional associations have worked diligently at changing the perception of drug addiction from that of an “illness” to a “chronic disease” like diabetes and heart disease. This is why supplying drugs...
by Heather | Aug 22, 2013 | Canadian Health Care Information
Health authorities in the Canadian health care system often tell us that patients who really need diagnostic tests get access to them right away. Last month a patient in British Columbia was told he would have to wait months on a list for a colonoscopy. A week after...
