Healthcare

If an air conditioning system malfunctions or isn’t properly maintained, it can become contaminated with infectious microbes. This can turn your AC unit into a potential source of numerous airborne infections—ranging from the common cold to pneumonia.

Those looking to get the shot will still need to book an appointment after pre-ordering, and it's expected that most will have to pay more than $100 to get it.

‘We have anecdotes from family physicians who postponed their retirement this year because they found the burden had diminished, and that it brought back some joy to their work.’

Krystyna Locke is celebrating turning 63 by paying the parking fees for cancer patients. The lymphoma cancer survivor knows just how quickly those bills add up after a 20-year journey of hospital visits to London Health Sciences Centre.

The Food is Medicine pilot will look at the impact of pharmacies as access points for nutritious food and education.

Under the new system, which officially launched July 7, each complaint will be first looked at by an analytics unit for an ‘up-front and rapid’ initial analysis as soon as it comes in.

Iron deficiency is incredibly common, especially among women of reproductive age, and we can't afford to ignore it, stresses general surgeon Dr. Duncan Rozario.

Procuring lifesaving drugs is a daunting challenge in many low- and middle-income countries. Essential treatments are often neither available nor affordable in these nations, even decades after the drugs entered the market.