In 2024, clinical trial activity in Canada dropped by 11 per cent. We fell three spots globally, from fifth to eighth place, in the number of industry-run, Phase 3 clinical trials, typically the final ...

The use of technology to monitor workers is not new. Take, for example, the use of security cameras, keystroke loggers and ...

As someone living with complex chronic inflammatory illnesses, mast cell activation syndrome (MCAS) and Myalgic ...

A few weeks ago, at a routine oncology appointment, his oxygen saturation was in the 70s. He had pneumonia. An ambulance took ...

Loneliness and social isolation are recognized as severe public health challenges in this age of fast-changing lifestyles, technology and information. We know that social isolation and loneliness have ...

“Refugees didn’t just escape a place. They had to escape a thousand memories until they’d put enough time and distance between them and their misery to wake to a better day.” — Nadia Hashimi We are ...

If we wanted to understand what it takes to win a Super Bowl, we definitely would be listening to what seven-time winner Tom Brady has to say. We also would listen to teams that lost. Their ...

In medical school, students routinely examine one another to practice clinical skills before applying them in real-world settings. So, when a classmate noticed small lumps in my neck, I made sure to ...

Beneath the progressive rhetoric extolling the virtues of patient partnership in health research lies an uncomfortable truth: patient partnership is largely unpaid volunteer work. The expectation that ...

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, one of the most influential public health documents ever written. Adopted by delegates from 38 countries at the World ...

A neurosurgeon in Saskatoon removes a brain tumour from a patient flown in from northern Saskatchewan. The operation was successful. Days later, the patient returns home. But the clinicians caring for ...

Back in 2020, in response to the global call by the World Health Organization to eliminate cervical cancer, Canada set an ambitious goal to achieve 90 per cent HPV vaccination coverage among ...