Recent headlines have highlighted debates among federal parties over the proposal to extend Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID) to people suffering solely with mental illness.
Mar 5, 2024
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Scientists in Brazil, the world's second-biggest consumer of cocaine, have announced the development of an innovative new treatment for addiction to the drug and its powerful derivative crack: a vaccine.
Oct 26, 2023
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Hearing loss can lead to anxiety, sadness and depression. Gerhard Andersson has been researching a treatment for those who have difficulty accepting hearing loss.
Jul 5, 2023
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New research being presented at this year's European Congress of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (ECCMID) in Copenhagen, Denmark (April 15-18) reveals the high human costs and negative impacts of border restrictions ...
Mar 21, 2023
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A five-year experiment aimed at improving care for some of California's most at-risk Medicaid patients—including homeless people and people with severe drug addictions—resulted in fewer hospitalizations and emergency ...
Feb 9, 2023
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Two years ago, we examined where Canada stood compared to similar countries on COVID-19 rates. This was part of a larger study that looked at COVID-19 infections based on a country's welfare regime: liberal, social democratic ...
Dec 22, 2022
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Child welfare agencies encounter a higher percentage of children and youth with reported complex trauma exposure than any other system serving children.
Nov 16, 2022
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Researchers led by Rahel Marti at the University of Basel in Switzerland report that viewing, feeling, and touching real dogs leads to increasingly higher levels of activity in the prefrontal cortex of the brain. Published ...
Oct 5, 2022
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Virtual Reality (VR) is not just fun and games any more. Beyond entertainment, applications extend to military training, business and education.
Jun 16, 2022
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The province of Saskatchewan leads the country in preventable, opportunistic illnesses enabled by poverty. With new changes to income support programs and increased housing instability, things are getting worse.
Jun 15, 2022
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