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Professionally - ChangeMakers Health lead, Rob McEwan, who believes healthy communications can be contagious. Personally – proud Dad on the playground.
Toronto
Joined February 2011
Ontario’s family-medicine czar has had a year to shake up the system and connect more patients with doctors. How’s that going? via @kellygrant1
theglobeandmail.com
The former federal health minister got a mandate from the province to shake up the system and connect more patients with doctors. We asked physicians how that’s worked out
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Trio of siblings paid a special visit to Scarborough Hospital to thank the healthcare workers who cared for them as infants via @CTVToronto @SHNcares @SHNFoundation #LoveScarborough
ctvnews.ca
A trio of siblings paid a special visit to a Scarborough hospital to thank the healthcare workers who cared for them as infants. Pauline Chan has more.
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2021 Canadian Pain Task Force Report could have a major impact on how the medical system can better understand chronic pain and the best ways to diagnose it via @CBCNews
https://t.co/uszNiNEO0v
@Drhaclarke @CanadianPain
cbc.ca
Medical professionals say a 2021 report supported by Health Canada could have a major impact on how the medical system can better understand chronic pain and the best ways to diagnose it — but with...
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National health expenditure trends - Health care spending in Canada is expected to outpace economic growth this year and is projected to reach $399 billion — that’s $9,626 per Canadian.
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Incredible @ThePWorld Keynote: How the Economy and Politics Are Reshaping the Role of PR by @DanTisch
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More than half of Canadians who had no personal connection to cancer had never heard of clinical trials via @cancersociety @angusreidorg survey via @kellygrant1
theglobeandmail.com
New bilingual database allows patients to search by cancer type, contains details about eligibility, treatment, location and contact information
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Health misinformation is a growing issue and has direct health consequences including: delayed treatment, misguided self-care and increased risk for disease exposure.
thechangemakers.com
In ChangeMakers Health's report, HCPs reveal how health misinformation is eroding trust, delaying treatment, and reshaping patient decisions.
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The Voices Unheard: Canada’s First National Health Survey of Black Women and Girls https://t.co/A4hqyHDVza
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When you search #TikTok for cancer and autism info, most videos feature claims about treatments that are not supported by science according to @cbcmarketplace
cbc.ca
TikTok is flooded with videos promising miracle treatments for autism and cancer, but how many of them are true? Marketplace investigated 200 health videos on the platform and uncovered a troubling...
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Health misinformation is a public crisis. ChangeMakers Health Report shows HCPs average a day each week managing misinformation. This includes debunking online myths to helping patients course-correct after making misinformed health choices.
thechangemakers.com
In ChangeMakers Health's report, HCPs reveal how health misinformation is eroding trust, delaying treatment, and reshaping patient decisions.
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“A safe, non-inhalational form of cannabis could be a helpful alternative for Canadians suffering from chronic pain, @Drhaclarke said, adding the field needs evidence from trials like this to move forward.” @CBCNews
cbc.ca
Finding relief for low-back pain can be difficult. In a new clinical trial, an experimental cannabis extract helped. Canadian doctors say this kind of research will be helpful in guiding patients who...
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“I used to hold hearts in my hand, fixing their physical infrastructure. Now, I speak from the heart, and I recognize its greater function.” via Paul Fedak, cardiac surgeon, translational scientist and health innovation leader @globeandmail
theglobeandmail.com
What if you found what you were born to do, but lost your ability to do it?
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Tragic increase in attacks on health care facilities, patients and medical staff in conflict zones. In 2024 alone, there were 3,623 attacks on health care facilities, the highest number ever documented by @SafeguardingHC via @picardonhealth
theglobeandmail.com
Disregard for the policy of ‘medical neutrality’ in war – outlined in treaties like the Geneva Conventions - has given rise to a new term: healthocide
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Marking World Vitiligo Day #Lit4Vit - Omar Sharife, co-founder of Vitiligo Voices Canada and Dermatologist Dr. Sam Hanna discuss the impact of vitiligo via @Jennifer_Hsiung @CP24Breakfast
https://t.co/nyWBsZKCa8
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Honoured to speak with @mattgallowaycbc about pain treatment needs. Patients, and my healthcare peers, need more tools and resources to support optimal pain management via @TheCurrentCBC @UHN @CanadianPain @UofTanesthesia @ON_Anesthesia
https://t.co/Yij0Vkmbb8
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