Universal healthcare and an aging population will see Canada’s pharmaceutical market more than double in value before the end of the decade, says research by healthcare industry analysts GlobalData.
HAMILTON, ONT. | The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) has been launched at McMaster University. Over the next 20 years, 50,000 men and women aged 45 to 85 will be followed as part of the national, long-term study of health and aging.
VANCOUVER | Cancer patients waiting to find out if they have inherited mutations in two major breast cancer genes will soon get their results much faster, thanks to new genomics-based screening technology in B.C.
Real-time data from eight million hand hygiene events reveals nine out of 10 healthcare workers access hand sanitizer using only one push of a dispenser, and as a result may not be achieving hand hygiene compliance.
Patients who had access to their physicians’ notes had better medication adherence and felt more in control of their own health, a new study has found.
“Studies of the fat-burning properties of raspberry ketones have only been done on mice, in the laboratory .... There does not appear to be any clinical evidence that raspberry ketones confer weight loss benefits to humans.”
