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January 9, 2019
LONDON, UK – Canadian researchers have published a paper in the The Lancet showing that a growing number of cancer patients are using online sites like GoFundMe to raise money for alternative treatments, such as homeopathic remedies. Unfortunately, most of the treatments are medically unproven and possibly dangerous.
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April 19, 2017
REGINA – The Saskatchewan nurse found guilty of professional misconduct for writing on Facebook about her grandfather’s healthcare experience has been slapped with a $26,000 fine.
In February 2015, Carolyn Strom (pictured) posted her opinions on the treatment of her grandfather. She criticized the long-term care home where he was staying and felt the care was inadequate.
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December 14, 2016
REGINA – A Saskatchewan nurse who used Twitter and Facebook to express doubts about the quality of care given to a family member in a nursing home has been found guilty of professional misconduct, according to a recent decision by the body that oversees nursing in the province.
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May 2, 2016
TORONTO – Sunnybrook Hospital now has the most watched YouTube channel of any hospital in Canada, says Sivan Keren Young, the medical centre’s chief of web and social media. She added, “We couldn’t say that when we first started,” as the organization had to learn how to use social media effectively. Read More
July 22, 2015
EDMONTON – Pauly, a street cat in Edmonton, has been rescued and is now undergoing treatment for a rare disorder – he has six legs. His two extra legs are attached to his sternum behind his front legs.
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November 19, 2014
TORONTO – Canada Health Infoway has announced the winners of its Public Health Social Media Challenge. The Public Health Social Media Challenge, the latest initiative in the Infoway ImagineNation Challenge series, was designed to support public health organizations in a quest to harness the power of social media to address public health issues and concerns. Teams with the most ‘infectious’ social media campaigns were eligible to share awards and incentives.
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September 3, 2014
HALIFAX – Many Canadian doctors have installed electronic health records to improve the way they care for patients. Some physicians have even created connections to local labs and hospitals to speed up the flow of information. However, something that was largely overlooked was improving the simple task of communicating between the doctors themselves – most of them still rely on phone and fax, a slow and laborious method at best. Read More
May 21, 2014
SAN FRANCISCO – CrowdMed, an online crowd-sourced medical diagnosis platform that helps solve even the world’s most difficult medical cases, announced that Grey’s Anatomy star Patrick Dempsey (pictured) has made an investment in the company. Almost one in 10 Americans – and 350 million people globally – are affected by the approximately 7,000 different types of rare or difficult-to-diagnose medical conditions. With this investment, Dempsey is working with CrowdMed to help expand the platform and give an additional resource to those facing undiagnosed illnesses.
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March 5, 2014
VANCOUVER – A public forum on how social media could be used to connect the general public with health professionals and health policy makers, held in Vancouver in February, generated more than 1.5 million impressions on Twitter and trended strongly in Canada that night. Read More