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A new poll suggests the majority of Canadians are ready to embrace more technology in health care, and it seems many would even trust a private company like Google or Apple with personal data if that meant 24-hour access to…

If you’re reading this story on your smartphone, you may be holding the future of preventative health in your hands. A study led by University of Toronto researchers, published today in the American Heart Association journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, found…

Inspired by aviation disasters, a Canadian research team is pulling back the curtain on a secretive high-risk environment by putting “black boxes” in operating rooms. The “OR Black Box,” which has been installed in about a dozen hospitals throughout Canada,…

Canadians want access to the latest technologies in medical devices, while still being able to depend on them to be as safe as possible. While the idea that medical devices could be used for intentional harm may sound like science…

Drugs and medical devices are an important part of Canada’s health care system, helping Canadians treat and prevent a variety of conditions. However, all drugs and devices involve risks, including the potential for serious side effects leading to emergency room…

China is celebrating a major health achievement: the country has not recorded a single indigenous case of malaria since August 2016. This is a notable feat in a place where the disease has historically taken a huge toll. In the…

The cornerstone philosophy behind the federal government’s long-awaited strategy for confronting dementia is a simple one: prevent Canadians from developing the condition in the first place. Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor, who unveiled the strategy Monday at an event in…

Sean Hill believes the mental health crisis can be improved by harnessing big data. The Toronto researcher says harvesting all the available information in the field — whether it’s collected by clinicians or trapped inside patients’ genes and neurons —…

Canada is the only country in the world with universal health care that does not provide universal coverage for prescription drugs. Instead, we rely on more than 100 government-run drug insurance programs designed to serve people in vulnerable groups, and…

Canada should have a national pharmacare program that is universal, single payer and public, says an advisory council tasked with studying the possibility. The Advisory Council on the Implementation of National Pharmacare made this statement in its final report, released…