Feb 9, 2012 | Preventative Medicine, Raising Awareness
Here is potentially life-saving advice from Dr. Stewart Segal who blogs at LiveWellthy.org. Dr Segal is a Board Certified Family Physician. He is a pioneer in open access medicine. He is a physician educator, teaching both patients and physicians. He has served as an...
Dec 15, 2011 | Canadian Healthcare, Innovation, Raising Awareness
One of my favourite innovators – and a world-renowned expert – Clay Christensen from Harvard – discusses the need for a common language and the need to break down silos in addressing health care’s need for transformation. While he speaks about...
Dec 14, 2011 | Preventative Medicine, Raising Awareness, Videos
The paradigm shift in healthcare needs to be toward a culture of Health First vs. Health Care in order to sustain our system. Watch this entertaining video and please share it with everyone you know in an effort to raise awareness. Dr. Mike Evans answers the old...Dec 14, 2011 | Canadian Healthcare, Raising Awareness
From The Fraser Institute, Dec. 12, 2011 VANCOUVER, BC—Canadians seeking surgical or other therapeutic treatment faced a median wait time of 19.0 weeks in 2011, the longest wait time since 1993 when the Fraser Institute first began measuring wait times. The median...Dec 13, 2011 | Raising Awareness, Videos
How Alzheimer’s Disease affects women is an important health issue. I am proud to be raising awareness and funds for this issue through my roles as Honourary Chair of the Sex, Aging & Memory conference and as Chair of Women’s Brain Health Initiative....
Dec 12, 2011 | Canadian Healthcare, Preventative Medicine, Raising Awareness
Research shows that physicians have about 7 minutes to spend with each of the many patients they see every day. Planning ahead ensures the time is spent wisely and leads to the best care. The article I wrote for Canadian Health & Lifestyle Magazine’s Winter...
Nov 30, 2011 | Canadian Healthcare, Huffington Post, Innovation, Raising Awareness
Our nation is often defined by our passion for hockey, our taste for beer, and our universal health care system. There is little question that Canada’s hockey prowess endures and our beer remains cold. But our health care system? Overburdened, and totally...
Nov 14, 2011 | Canadian Healthcare, Innovation, Raising Awareness
Our nation is often defined by our passion for hockey, our taste for beer, and our universal health care system. There is little question that Canada’s hockey prowess endures; our beer remains cold. But our healthcare system? Overburdened. And totally ill prepared to...
Nov 1, 2011 | Canadian Healthcare, Photo Gallery, Raising Awareness
Canada’s First Women’s Brain Health Conference Honorary Chairs The Right Honourable Michaelle Jean, former Governor General of Canada Dr. Carolyn Bennett MP, Chair of the National Liberal Women’s Caucus Jeanne Beker, Fashion Television Personality, Author...
Oct 12, 2011 | Canadian Healthcare, Raising Awareness
The countdown is on for the Sex, Aging & Memory conference – Tuesday, October 18th, 2011. Event details and registration are here. Honorary chairs for event include many of Canada’s business and political leaders including The Right Honourable...
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