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Charity fills the gap in pet fostering services for struggling community members in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
For The Homies is a new grassroots organization offering much-needed pet fostering services for community members and their ...
Healthy Debate1d
Empowering choices: The importance of advance care planning
Advance care planning empowers individuals to have their health-care preferences honoured, offering peace of mind to both ...
Healthy Debate2d
‘The first time students see a patient of colour should not be in hospital’: The need for diverse patient actors
Advocates across groups say increasing standardized patient diversity is crucial to prepare Ontario’s future doctors for ...
Healthy Debate2d
‘We do not need compassionate care: We need a country that cares with compassion’
We do not need compassionate care: We need a country that cares with compassion.
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Misinformation on social media is winning – scientists must adapt or lose the battle
Scientists and health professionals must rethink how we communicate or risk further marginalization in the public discourse.
Healthy Debate8d
Despite Trump’s threat, congestion pricing has proved its worth in Manhattan
As both history and New York's experiment has shown, a well-thought out congestion pricing plan will ultimately benefit ...
Healthy Debate7d
The reality of family medicine has changed. The health system must keep up
It’s time to break down the siloes in health care and focus on collaboration instead. No one wants to leave patients out in ...
Healthy Debate8d
The cost of lies: Misinformation is worsening mental health and eroding our social fabric
Political propaganda, amplified by social media and unscrupulous actors, has become a weapon of choice, wreaking havoc on ...
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Dual HIV/syphilis rapid test aims to lessen stigma, reach underserved communities
As rates of syphilis and HIV continue to climb in Canada, a dual rapid test recently was approved by federal regulators,.
Healthy Debate10d
Has peer review become a complete waste of time?
Faith in institutions defined by their commitment to empiricism is waning, and I can understand the desire to look to peer ...
Healthy Debate5d
Patient Perspectives: Is patient experience finally having its moment?
Editor’s note: Watch for Patient Perspectives, a column by Lisa Machado dealing with health care from the user’s point of view that will appear regularly in Healthy Debate. When biotech giant Roche ...