Thursday, May 3, 2007

Taking Ontario's health monopoly to court

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Ontario's health care monopoly almost killed Lindsay McCreith. After suffering a seizure in January, 2006, the 66-year-old Newmarket res...
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Chaoulli comes to Ontario

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Had he trusted Ontario's government healthcare monopoly to treat him, Lindsay McCreith would likely be dead today. At the very least, hi...

Why can’t doctors wash their hands?

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(Apparently Nurses aren’t much better) Every year, 250,000 Canadians pick up infections while they are in hospitals being treated for somet...
Monday, April 30, 2007

Are pharmacists content to contribute directly to the epidemics of obesity and type 2 diabetes?

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Caroline Apovian, a researcher at Boston University School of Medicine, commented that the study “provides strong, scientifically sound evid...
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Friday, April 27, 2007

DRUG MARTS: PAY ATTENTION

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The obesity risk of children increases for each additional glass of sugar-sweetened drink consumed each day. Shoppers Drug Mart recently com...
Thursday, April 26, 2007

The Health Council of Canada addresses diabetes. We are reminded . . .

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“The way we provide health care today leaves too many people vulnerable to serious health problems that could be avoided, “ said Dr. Ian Bow...
Friday, April 20, 2007

Photo reviews, rants and raves: Tim Hortons

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Here it is: the Breakfast Sandwich served by Tim Hortons (34 grams of fat). And now – Tim Hortons adds needle disposals to washrooms

More news from a pharmacist and pharmacy. a.k.a. healthcare providers.

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Shoppers Drug Mart at Queen and Carlaw in Toronto removes butter tarts & cheap cakes from the shelves and substitutes hundreds of cases ...
Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Fat Zombies, Pleistocene Tastes, Autophilia and the "Obesity Epidemic"

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Canadians are fat and getting fatter: so say surveys up to and including the series of papers last August in Health Reports. By actual measu...
Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Dr. Alan Hudson on Wait Lists

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A healthy dose of market reality David Reevely Ottawa Citizen | 23 January 2007 | C4 Getting a cataract removed in Ontario costs about...
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