Liberals vow to fight healthcare privatization — is that in their platform?

Liberals vow to fight healthcare privatization — is that in their platform?

  • Canada Healthwatch
  • Nick Tsergas
Genetic medicine can leave people with rare mutations behind. But there's new hope

Genetic medicine can leave people with rare mutations behind. But there's new hope

  • Associated Press
A golden era for personalized medicine is approaching, but are we ready?

A golden era for personalized medicine is approaching, but are we ready?

  • Brighter World
  • Nazia Pathan
The New Science of Aging Can Predict Your Future

The New Science of Aging Can Predict Your Future

  • The New York Times
  • Eric Topol
Four promising breakthroughs that could bolster Canada’s health sector

Four promising breakthroughs that could bolster Canada’s health sector

  • Toronto Star
Don't have a copy of your medical record? You're not alone. Health experts say it should be an election issue

Don't have a copy of your medical record? You're not alone. Health experts say it should be an election issue

  • CBC
Protect 'valuable' Canadian health data from Trump's AI aspirations, experts urge

Protect 'valuable' Canadian health data from Trump's AI aspirations, experts urge

  • Canadian Press
New AI tool could reduce risks and hospital time for heart attack patients

New AI tool could reduce risks and hospital time for heart attack patients

  • Ottawa Citizen
How high-tech mental-health gadgets are helping millions feel better
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How high-tech mental-health gadgets are helping millions feel better

  • Globe and Mail
Some emergency departments installing AI weapons detection amid rising violence

Some emergency departments installing AI weapons detection amid rising violence

  • Canadian Press
Neuroscientists are racing to turn brain waves into speech

Neuroscientists are racing to turn brain waves into speech

  • ars technica
The simple metal box that could change the world

The simple metal box that could change the world

  • Healthy Debate
  • Blake Murdoch, David Elfstrom, Zack Deis
FDA OKs trial of pig livers as dialysis-like treatment for liver failure

FDA OKs trial of pig livers as dialysis-like treatment for liver failure

  • STAT
Saving lives with Manitoba-made vaccines

Saving lives with Manitoba-made vaccines

  • University of Manitoba
London Health Sciences Centre introduces new weapons detection system in Emergency Departments

London Health Sciences Centre introduces new weapons detection system in Emergency Departments

  • London Health Sciences Centre
Gene-editing therapy lowers cholesterol without serious side effects in early study

Gene-editing therapy lowers cholesterol without serious side effects in early study

  • STAT
Election town hall: The importance of a ‘united voice’ in health care

Election town hall: The importance of a ‘united voice’ in health care

  • Canadian Medical Association
New handheld device can diagnose TB without a lab in under an hour, its developers say

New handheld device can diagnose TB without a lab in under an hour, its developers say

  • CIDRAP
Your data is unwell. Sharing electronic medical records in Canada is a hassle – and, for some, a health risk.
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Your data is unwell. Sharing electronic medical records in Canada is a hassle – and, for some, a health risk.

  • Globe and Mail
World’s tiniest pacemaker is smaller than grain of rice, can be injected and controlled by light

World’s tiniest pacemaker is smaller than grain of rice, can be injected and controlled by light

  • Canadian Affairs
Your data is unwell
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Your data is unwell

  • Globe and Mail
A robotic exoskeleton is helping a paralyzed N.B. man get back on his feet

A robotic exoskeleton is helping a paralyzed N.B. man get back on his feet

  • CBC
This baby was carefully selected, as an embryo.

This baby was carefully selected, as an embryo.

  • The New York Times
  • Anna Louie Sussman
Brain implant turns thoughts into speech in near real-time, with 80-millisecond latency

Brain implant turns thoughts into speech in near real-time, with 80-millisecond latency

  • Canadian Affairs
At meeting on guardrails for gene editing of human embryos, some call for a dead end

At meeting on guardrails for gene editing of human embryos, some call for a dead end

  • STAT
23andMe’s bankruptcy may be a way bigger problem than you think
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23andMe’s bankruptcy may be a way bigger problem than you think

  • Globe and Mail
  • Vass Bednar
AI can predict premature death among people with inflammatory bowel disease: study

AI can predict premature death among people with inflammatory bowel disease: study

  • Canadian Press
Ovarian cancer test may not work on some Black, Native American patients
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Ovarian cancer test may not work on some Black, Native American patients

  • The Washington Post
Alberta announces $800 million investment in cancer training and technology

Alberta announces $800 million investment in cancer training and technology

  • Calgary Herald
New molecular testing available in Ottawa offers a glimmer of hope to some cancer patients

New molecular testing available in Ottawa offers a glimmer of hope to some cancer patients

  • Ottawa Citizen
AI in health care can save money and lives — but only if Canada embraces the technology’s potential

AI in health care can save money and lives — but only if Canada embraces the technology’s potential

  • The Hub
  • Adam McDowell
Virtual physician program expanding emergency room access in Wolseley

Virtual physician program expanding emergency room access in Wolseley

  • Saskatchewan Health Authority
Digital Therapists Get Stressed Too, Study Finds
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Digital Therapists Get Stressed Too, Study Finds

  • The New York Times
AI nurses: Staffing solution for hospitals or a threat to quality care?

AI nurses: Staffing solution for hospitals or a threat to quality care?

  • Associated Press
‘Brain pacemakers’: implants to be tested to help alcohol and opioid addicts

‘Brain pacemakers’: implants to be tested to help alcohol and opioid addicts

  • The Guardian
New York man cured of sickle cell anemia by new gene therapy

New York man cured of sickle cell anemia by new gene therapy

  • CBS News
Should you consult ‘Dr. ChatGPT’? Here’s what doctors have to say as Canadians increasingly turn to AI

Should you consult ‘Dr. ChatGPT’? Here’s what doctors have to say as Canadians increasingly turn to AI

  • Toronto Star
AI Startup Promises New Drug Discoveries

AI Startup Promises New Drug Discoveries

  • Forbes
Scientists are engineering a sense of touch for people who are paralyzed

Scientists are engineering a sense of touch for people who are paralyzed

  • npr
Amazon's palm-scanning tech comes to a New York hospital

Amazon's palm-scanning tech comes to a New York hospital

  • Axios
Neuralink, brain-computer interfaces raise ‘mental privacy’ fears — In November, Neuralink started recruiting Canadians for clinical trials

Neuralink, brain-computer interfaces raise ‘mental privacy’ fears — In November, Neuralink started recruiting Canadians for clinical trials

  • Canadian Affairs

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