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my son will be transitioned to adult care without having a doctor who understands his disease

transitioning young adults with a life-limiting and rare progressive disorder to adult care that cannot meet their needs is a reckless act, writes marcy white, whose son jacob lives with a rare degenerative central nervous system disorder.
marcy white
jul 07, 2023

opinion: how health-care practitioners can bridge the loneliness gap

there's a critical role for health-care providers to play when it comes to addressing loneliness, including helping people heal and improving patient health outcomes.
claire checkland & david conn
jun 09, 2023

machado: cross your fingers. we may (finally) be getting to the point where patient and caregiver voices matter

during a recent panel discussion held by the gi society, abigail redding, a 17-year-old living with inflammatory bowel disease had the strongest message of all: don’t confuse illness and vulnerability for weakness, because it's actually a change-making superpower.
lisa machado
may 29, 2023

bladder cancer has typically affected older people who smoke, but now it's showing up in younger non-smokers. and we don't know why.

bladder cancer canada's cassie schooley says that even if you don't fit the risk profile for bladder cancer, there's one symptom that absolutely requires a doctor's appointment.
robin roberts
may 19, 2023

cystic fibrosis canada ceo: 'our focus is to get trikafta to more people'

trikafta, a cf drug approved in 2022, works for about 90 per cent of people living with cystic fibrosis and comes with a list price of a staggering $300,000.
robin roberts
may 10, 2023

opinion: reshaping canada's caregiving system

if every caregiver took one week off, our care systems would collapse before noon on the very first day, writes naomi azrieli, the chair and ceo of the azrieli foundation.
naomi azrieli, oc, chair and ceo of the azrieli foundation
may 09, 2023

life without lupus is the goal of lupus canada

also known as "the disease with a thousand faces," lupus affects more than one in 1,000 canadians, with women eight times more likely to be diagnosed.
robin roberts
may 01, 2023

opinion: liver health should be taught in schools

as cases of liver disease rise, the canadian liver foundation has launched a nationwide petition calling on education ministers to include liver health in school curriculum.
jennifer nebesky, ceo, canadian liver foundation
apr 26, 2023
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my son will be transitioned to adult care without having a doctor who understands his disease

transitioning young adults with a life-limiting and rare progressive disorder to adult care that cannot meet their needs is a reckless act, writes marcy white, whose son jacob lives with a rare degenerative central nervous system disorder.
marcy white
jul 07, 2023

opinion: how health-care practitioners can bridge the loneliness gap

there's a critical role for health-care providers to play when it comes to addressing loneliness, including helping people heal and improving patient health outcomes.
claire checkland & david conn
jun 09, 2023

machado: cross your fingers. we may (finally) be getting to the point where patient and caregiver voices matter

during a recent panel discussion held by the gi society, abigail redding, a 17-year-old living with inflammatory bowel disease had the strongest message of all: don’t confuse illness and vulnerability for weakness, because it's actually a change-making superpower.
lisa machado
may 29, 2023

bladder cancer has typically affected older people who smoke, but now it's showing up in younger non-smokers. and we don't know why.

bladder cancer canada's cassie schooley says that even if you don't fit the risk profile for bladder cancer, there's one symptom that absolutely requires a doctor's appointment.
robin roberts
may 19, 2023
powered by
diabetes canada

cystic fibrosis canada ceo: 'our focus is to get trikafta to more people'

trikafta, a cf drug approved in 2022, works for about 90 per cent of people living with cystic fibrosis and comes with a list price of a staggering $300,000.
robin roberts
may 10, 2023

opinion: reshaping canada's caregiving system

if every caregiver took one week off, our care systems would collapse before noon on the very first day, writes naomi azrieli, the chair and ceo of the azrieli foundation.
naomi azrieli, oc, chair and ceo of the azrieli foundation
may 09, 2023

life without lupus is the goal of lupus canada

also known as "the disease with a thousand faces," lupus affects more than one in 1,000 canadians, with women eight times more likely to be diagnosed.
robin roberts
may 01, 2023

opinion: liver health should be taught in schools

as cases of liver disease rise, the canadian liver foundation has launched a nationwide petition calling on education ministers to include liver health in school curriculum.
jennifer nebesky, ceo, canadian liver foundation
apr 26, 2023
powered by
wellspring cancer support
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