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...
In 2017, I published a story about a surrogate who carried a baby for a Canadian couple. The two parties met online, and within 24 hours they had agreed...
In-vitro fertilization (IVF) has come a long way since the birth of the first test-tube baby in England in 1978. IVF is a procedure in which eggs are removed...
Le retour à l’ordre du jour des questions liées à la procréation médicalement assistée (PMA), tant au Québec qu’au niveau fédéral, rappelle à quel point persiste une inadéquation entre...
(This article has been translated into French.) In November 2018, a Chinese researcher made headlines with the news that he had created genetically modified babies using genome editing. The...
