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More than two-thirds of the world’s population lives in countries that do not produce reliable statistics on mortality by age, sex, and cause of death – one of the most important health indicators for understanding a country’s health priorities. Only…

In this issue, we look at business through a ‘health’ lens. Just as you cannot thrive if your health is compromised in some way, so it goes for organizations, communities, and society in general. We simply can’t have healthy communities…

IBM and Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) are joining forces to help area hospital clinicians, researchers, academics and entrepreneurs accelerate the development and commercialization of new healthcare innovations. The two announced today plans to establish a new centre in downtown Hamilton…

Faced with long wait times, parents of children with depression, anxiety, and other mental health issues are even going into debt to pay for help they can’t afford to wait for. They are calling for provincial governments to better fund mental health…

In 2016-2017, hospitals would receive: $175 million to provide patients with access to more services in new and redeveloped hospitals and for targeted priority services such as organ and tissue transplants $160 million to improve access and wait times for…

The rise of smartphones, wearable technology and cloud computing are creating opportunities for a data-based approach to the way individuals understand and monitor their health. Three U of T Engineering startups — MedTek Devices, Pillsy and MedChart — are addressing…

The shifts that doctors in their residency work in Canadian hospitals are some of the longest in the world and may be unsafe for patients, a Marketplace investigation reveals. CBC’s Marketplace investigated the effect that long shifts could have on…

Catherine McLeod, now 62, is working with a different psychiatrist to adjust her medications, which add up to at least 10 pills a day. In the past year, she has endured side effects ranging from blood-pressure fluctuations to Parkinson’s-like symptoms.…

An expert panel of thought leaders with distinctive viewpoints on Canada’s health-care system met on Feb. 3, 2016 at the University of Toronto to address the question: can we innovate our way to a sustainable health system? More than 350 students,…

The World Health Organization’s emergency response capability is “lacking” and will put thousands of lives at risk if it is not reformed now, according to a high-level U.N. report on health crises. “This may be the last opportunity to ensure the WHO is empowered”…