Multiple chronic conditions are reaching epidemic proportions and putting an unprecedented financial and logistical strain on our health care system. Chronic conditions in fact account for around 75 per cent of health care direct costs in North America. Diabetes, congestive heart ...

Organizations work hard to establish green sustainability programs. Many programs include waste minimization initiatives, source separating, recycling, water reduction programs, energy efficiencies or a combination of these. Developing a green team with clear guidelines and a solid, organized foundation will result ...

Every hospital communicates a series of visual messages directly to its consumers, staff and patients about what the organization is, and what it values. These messages are sometimes intentional, but frequently they are unintentional, and often they are shockingly negative. Visual ...

The first doctor I ever knew had his jet-black hair slicked back in a way that made him look like Dracula. For many years my younger sister and I went to him for checkups. His hair aside, what I remember ...

“Axserunds, I janhdnlu lochkey you jspajgcl go.” For many new immigrants in Ontario, understanding the health-care system is about as clear as the phrase above. Language difficulties can add to an already daunting number of issues faced by new immigrants when ...

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Café Scientifique program fosters informal discussion about scientific research topics between the public, researchers and expert clinicians. They typically take place at cafés, pubs, restaurants, or in a community centre. They are about ...

With recent headlines drawing attention to communities like God River and Attawapiskat, the nation’s attention has been drawn to the current state of healthcare on northern aboriginal reserves. Here nursing stations suffer a high staff turn-over rate and a single ...

Women experience unique health issues like pregnancy and menopause as well as health conditions like cervical, ovarian and breast cancer. Some diseases like HIV and cardiovascular disease are said to present differently in women than in men, and women and ...

When people ask me to be a speaker, I never know what to talk about. Should I talk about me?  My illness?  My recovery?  My transplant?  OneMatch? Or, my mission in life?  Do I talk about people who have inspired ...

Margaret Trudeau is on a mission; to change the face of mental illness and to erase the stigmas associated with it. Toronto’s Humber River Regional Hospital (HRRH) shares the same goal. At the beginning of November, Trudeau and the HRRH Foundation ...