June 12 marked the release of the Final Report of the Advisory Council on the Implementation of National Pharmacare. The Council recommended that Canada adopt universal, single-payer pharmacare, and...
Canada is reaching the limits of a drug policy centred on harm reduction — a philosophy that aims to limit the harms of substance use without insisting on abstinence....
La première chose que j’ai remarquée après ma chirurgie de féminisation faciale il y a quelques années, c’est la dissipation de mon anxiété et de mes peurs de l’espace...
The national pharmacare advisory council’s ambitious report presents a staged, eight-year plan to reduce drug costs and make public drug coverage universal with the participation of the provinces. But...
The Committee for the Implementation of National Pharmacare, chaired by former Ontario health minister Dr. Eric Hoskins, has released its final report. The Hoskins report unequivocally calls for inclusion...
Selon le recensement de 2016, c’est le segment de la population de 80 ans et plus qui augmente le plus rapidement. On considère que 50 % de ces personnes sont des...
Pharmaceutical companies are against proposed reforms of Canada’s drug pricing regulations. So much so, the languishing reforms might not pass before Parliament adjourns for summer. Being an election year,...
With over 7,000 rare conditions already identified and dozens more being discovered every day, it is estimated that rare diseases impact 1 in 12 Canadians, two-thirds of whom are...
Imagine that you do not know the identity of one or both of your genetic parents. If you were adopted, then you would have access to records that would...
Qu’advient-il lorsqu’une personne vieillissante n’est plus en mesure de prendre ses propres décisions en matière de santé et d’administrer ses biens, mais n’a aucun proche pour le faire à...
