Tag: healthcare

  • Canadians Should Understand Their Private Healthcare System – And How It’s Changing

    Canadians Should Understand Their Private Healthcare System – And How It’s Changing

    The Study in brief The intense debate pitting private versus public healthcare in Canada needs a reality check. Private aspects of healthcare exist in different forms and to varying degrees across Canadian provinces, largely depending on their respective legislation and regulations. For healthcare professionals providing insured services, most bill through the public system, but not all.…

  • Why Are Black Men At A Greater Risk For Prostate Cancer?

    Why Are Black Men At A Greater Risk For Prostate Cancer?

    As a Black man and a spiritual leader in the Linden community, I am concerned and am a personal victim about the disproportionate impact of prostate cancer on Black men. It is unacceptable that Black men are about twice as likely to get and die from prostate cancer than white men. While we still do…

  • Doctor Has Four Simple Tips For Optimal Living

    Doctor Has Four Simple Tips For Optimal Living

    Have you ever felt like you need an upgrade on your life? Most of us have – and there’s a way to get it, says veteran physician Sanjay Jain. “First, I tell people, ‘Don’t be afraid of making your life  clearer.’ but as we have paraphrased from Chinese philosopher Laozi, ‘The journey  of a thousand…

  • Diversity is Elusive in Rare Disease Research

    Diversity is Elusive in Rare Disease Research

    Only 10% of rare diseases have an FDA-approved therapy. This sobering statistic highlights why research is so imperative for patients with rare diseases. Clinical trials can be a crucial opportunity to access life-saving treatments. However, African-American, African-Canadian and Latino patients with rare diseases face significant underrepresentation in clinical trials. This lack of representation results in drugs…

  • Agree? Aussie Study Reveals Canada Most Desired Country To Relocate To Worldwide

    Agree? Aussie Study Reveals Canada Most Desired Country To Relocate To Worldwide

    A study by Compare the Market Australia has analyzed each country around the world on their annual search volume for terms such as ‘relocating to [country]’ and ‘moving to [country]’ to reveal the world’s most desirable countries to relocate to.  The most desired countries to relocate to? Here comes a boring chart! Rank Top destination…

  • The Dangers Of Kissing And Aspartame

    The Dangers Of Kissing And Aspartame

    What do you do when Western medicine fails to heal what ails you?  Mitzi Mensch knows only too well what happens once doctors have exhausted their bag of tricks.  Through her writing, Mensch hopes to raise awareness of the dangers of Aspartame, challenge doctors to find answers – not simply mask symptoms – and to…

  • Whole City COVID Testing Will Begin In Liverpool UK

    Whole City COVID Testing Will Begin In Liverpool UK

    Pasadena, Calif. (November, 2020) – Innova Medical Group, Inc. (IMG) has partnered with the UK Government in its roll out of whole city screening and testing, beginning in Liverpool, with its INNOVA SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Qualitative Test Kits.  Innova Medical’s lateral flow antigen test uses nasal and throat swab samples to screen for infection, with highly accurate results in…

  • Premium Passports Lose Their Shine In Post Pandemic World

    Premium Passports Lose Their Shine In Post Pandemic World

    As parts of the globe cautiously begin to open up, the focus is on what travel freedom and global mobility will look like in a post–Covid-19 world. Last week the EU released a list of countries whose residents would be allowed entry into the bloc from 1 July based on coronavirus-related health and safety criteria. Included…

  • Toronto Drops To Sixth As Washington DC Enters World Safety City Index

    Toronto Drops To Sixth As Washington DC Enters World Safety City Index

    Tokyo edges Singapore (2nd) and Osaka (3rd) again to take the top spot globally in 2019.Two North American cities make up the top ten, including Toronto (6th) and Washington, DC, (7th).The remaining top ten cities are: Amsterdam (4th), Sydney (5th), Copenhagen and Seoul (tied 8th) and Melbourne (10th).The 2019 edition of the index includes ten…

  • Why The Future Of Healthcare Is Virtual Reality

    Why The Future Of Healthcare Is Virtual Reality

    Presently and in the not too distant future, virtual reality in healthcare will become the norm. In this piece, we’ll show you how VR can help detect, treat and cure patients in all sorts of different sectors, such as Surgery and Dentistry, as well as teaching the Nurses of the future. VR will also be…