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Patient describes harrowing stiff person syndrome, lack of resources in Canada

It wasn't until 2022 that stiff person syndrome gained global attention as the affliction that forced megastar Céline Dion to cancel concerts due to her own debilitating symptoms.
Using graffiti art to communicate public health messages

Graffiti ‘public service announcements’ address hepatitis C and more.
How does heat kill? It confuses your brain. It shuts down your organs. It overworks your heart.

The critical danger point outdoors for illness and death from relentless heat is several degrees lower than experts once thought.
Let’s create a medical playlist!

Submit your tunes and we’ll create a playlist and share it with you.
Let’s create a pharmacy playlist!

Submit your tunes and we’ll create a Spotify playlist and share it with you.
WHO and Eli Lilly caution patients against falling for fake versions of popular weight-loss drugs

Novo Nordisk has issued similar warnings in the past about its medications.
Indigenous voices helping to transform the culture of medicine: UBC’s Indigenous Speaker Series

The series has thousands of viewers.
Head of New Brunswick health network defends big spending on travel nurse contracts

The prices charged by Ontario company Canadian Health Labs under its contract with Vitalité were described as exorbitant by Health Minister Bruce Fitch.

Looking to recover healthcare costs: B.C. launches class-action lawsuit against makers of ‘forever chemicals’