What Canada’s new supplement labels still won’t tell you
  • Nov 21, 2025

What Canada’s new supplement labels still won’t tell you

As part of Canada’s push to make the $13 billion natural health market more transparent, vitamin and mineral supplements will soon be labelled as clearly as a bag of chips.

  • Hanan Hammad
Study finds diet high in ultra-processed foods linked to dozens of health conditions
  • Nov 20, 2025

Study finds diet high in ultra-processed foods linked to dozens of health conditions

  • CityNews
When doctors can't see drug prices we all pay a steep price
  • Nov 20, 2025

When doctors can't see drug prices we all pay a steep price

  • Toronto Star
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  • Iris Gorfinkel
Alberta wasted more than $100M in lab privatization effort
  • Nov 20, 2025

Alberta wasted more than $100M in lab privatization effort

  • Edmonton Journal
Your doctor could be receiving payments from a drug company. Why won't anyone tell you?
  • Nov 20, 2025

Your doctor could be receiving payments from a drug company. Why won't anyone tell you?

  • Investigative Journalism Bureau
New Gene-Editing Strategy Could Help Development of Treatments for Rare Diseases
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  • Nov 20, 2025

New Gene-Editing Strategy Could Help Development of Treatments for Rare Diseases

  • The New York Times
Virtual care use in Canada: Variation across sociodemographic and health-related factors
  • Nov 20, 2025

Virtual care use in Canada: Variation across sociodemographic and health-related factors

  • StatCan
Ophthalmologists urge provinces not to allow optometrists to perform minor surgeries
  • Nov 19, 2025

Ophthalmologists urge provinces not to allow optometrists to perform minor surgeries

  • The Canadian Press
AI bot recorded doctors' meeting, sent patient info to current and former hospital staff
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  • Nov 19, 2025

AI bot recorded doctors' meeting, sent patient info to current and former hospital staff

  • The Globe and Mail
Manitoba looks to end sick notes for absences under 1 week
  • Nov 19, 2025

Manitoba looks to end sick notes for absences under 1 week

  • CBC News
NLHS joins National Council to speed up health-care innovation
  • Nov 19, 2025

NLHS joins National Council to speed up health-care innovation

  • Saltwire
Alberta plans to allow doctors to deliver public and private services
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  • Nov 18, 2025

Alberta plans to allow doctors to deliver public and private services

  • The Globe and Mail
More countries now require tobacco plain packaging and graphic health warnings on cigarette packages
  • Nov 18, 2025

More countries now require tobacco plain packaging and graphic health warnings on cigarette packages
Shoppers Drug Mart billed $81M for MedsChecks in 2 years when COVID services waned
  • Nov 18, 2025

Shoppers Drug Mart billed $81M for MedsChecks in 2 years when COVID services waned

  • CBC News
Budget 2025 Takeaways
  • Nov 17, 2025

Budget 2025 Takeaways

  • Canada Healthwatch
Insiders detail ways Alberta's for-profit surgery push is failing
  • Nov 17, 2025

Insiders detail ways Alberta's for-profit surgery push is failing

  • The Tyee
Red light therapy is the hottest craze at Toronto spas and gyms. But does it actually do anything?
  • Nov 17, 2025

Red light therapy is the hottest craze at Toronto spas and gyms. But does it actually do anything?

  • Toronto Star
Novo chops Wegovy prices, but doctors still see affordability challenges for patients
  • Nov 17, 2025

Novo chops Wegovy prices, but doctors still see affordability challenges for patients

  • Associated Press
Alberta unveils plan to 'improve' health-care, critics not impressed
  • Nov 15, 2025

Alberta unveils plan to 'improve' health-care, critics not impressed

  • Global News
Judge to Approve Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy, Releasing Billions for Opioid Plaintiffs
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  • Nov 14, 2025

Judge to Approve Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy, Releasing Billions for Opioid Plaintiffs

  • The New York Times
Infant Formula Company Tied to Botulism Outbreak Had Known Problems
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  • Nov 14, 2025

Infant Formula Company Tied to Botulism Outbreak Had Known Problems

  • The New York Times
Lifelong drugs for autoimmune diseases don't work well. Now scientists are trying something new: CAR-T
  • Nov 14, 2025

Lifelong drugs for autoimmune diseases don't work well. Now scientists are trying something new: CAR-T

  • Associated Press
Americans are injecting themselves with unproven peptides sold by influencers and RFK Jr. allies
  • Nov 14, 2025

Americans are injecting themselves with unproven peptides sold by influencers and RFK Jr. allies

  • Associated Press
ByHeart’s ‘bizarre’ response to U.S. infant botulism outbreak worries experts
  • Nov 14, 2025

ByHeart’s ‘bizarre’ response to U.S. infant botulism outbreak worries experts

  • STAT
Inside Moderna’s rapid rise — and precarious future
  • Nov 13, 2025

Inside Moderna’s rapid rise — and precarious future

  • STAT
Mining your health data to build a stronger Canada
  • Nov 12, 2025

Mining your health data to build a stronger Canada

  • Days of Past Futures
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  • Pat Rich
Trump, FTC case continues private equity's winning streak
  • Nov 12, 2025

Trump, FTC case continues private equity's winning streak

  • Axios
U.S. pushes drugmakers to reveal confidential details of contracts with Canada, other countries
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  • Nov 10, 2025

U.S. pushes drugmakers to reveal confidential details of contracts with Canada, other countries

  • The Globe and Mail
Facebook ads make it easy for users to get their hands on illegal drugs — we bought cocaine and oxycodone
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  • Nov 10, 2025

Facebook ads make it easy for users to get their hands on illegal drugs — we bought cocaine and oxycodone

  • Toronto Star
Genetically Engineered Babies Are Banned. Tech Titans Are Trying to Make One Anyway.
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  • Nov 10, 2025

Genetically Engineered Babies Are Banned. Tech Titans Are Trying to Make One Anyway.

  • Wall Street Journal
I was recruited to join a private health centre as a doctor. Here's why I said no
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  • Nov 10, 2025

I was recruited to join a private health centre as a doctor. Here's why I said no

  • Toronto Star
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  • Danyaal Raza
New Pill Could Slash Cholesterol Levels, Trials Suggest
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  • Nov 10, 2025

New Pill Could Slash Cholesterol Levels, Trials Suggest

  • The New York Times
Pfizer clinches $10B deal for obesity drug developer Metsea after bidding war with Novo Nordisk
  • Nov 08, 2025

Pfizer clinches $10B deal for obesity drug developer Metsea after bidding war with Novo Nordisk

  • Global News
PEI private long-term care homes prompt concerns
  • Nov 07, 2025

PEI private long-term care homes prompt concerns

  • Saltwire
Ontario to ban exclusivity deals between insurers, pharmacies
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  • Nov 06, 2025

Ontario to ban exclusivity deals between insurers, pharmacies

  • The Globe and Mail
Medicare can now cover weight loss drugs like Ozempic, Trump announces
  • Nov 06, 2025

Medicare can now cover weight loss drugs like Ozempic, Trump announces

  • Axios
Privately paid medical tests a step toward U.S.-style health care
  • Nov 05, 2025

Privately paid medical tests a step toward U.S.-style health care

  • Edmonton Journal
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  • Paul Parks
Maple acquires virtual ADHD-care startup
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  • Nov 05, 2025

Maple acquires virtual ADHD-care startup

  • The Globe and Mail
How at-home screening tests could cut wait times and close Canada's health care gaps
  • Nov 05, 2025

How at-home screening tests could cut wait times and close Canada's health care gaps

  • Toronto Star
Blood Tests for Alzheimer's Are Here
  • Nov 05, 2025

Blood Tests for Alzheimer's Are Here

  • Wired
Beware the financialization of the global health industry
  • Nov 05, 2025

Beware the financialization of the global health industry

  • STAT
People with diabetes continue to face professional barriers
  • Nov 05, 2025

People with diabetes continue to face professional barriers

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