BOSTON | Data presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC) demonstrates the sensitivity and specificity of Cognigram, a computer-based system, supporting its use in clinical practice settings to identify even subtle impairments that can signify the early stage of dementia.
Wealth and health are intrinsically linked, with poverty robbing some citizens—including people living in aboriginal communities—of a healthy life, according to a new report from the Canadian Medical Association.
CALGARY | Just as there's no free lunch, there's no free healthcare, even in Canada. A typical Canadian family with two parents and two children will pay $11,320 in taxes for public health care insurance in 2013, according to the Fraser Institute.
Lawyers with the College of Surgeons and Physicians of Ontario (CPSO) have raised the possibility that Toronto doctor Roland Wong continued to embellish patient allergies in order to secure them more welfare money, even after a ruling last fall that labeled his behaviour professional misconduct.
Canadians have one day left to let the government know how they feel about allowing a private company to pay citizens in exchange for their blood plasma, a controversial question that has health professionals divided on the safety and supply of the life-saving fluid.
A group of local nurses trained to exam and treat victims of rape in the Fraser Health Region is travelling to Haiti as part of an effort to raise awareness about sexual assault in developing countries.
