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In 2017, Saskatchewan’s auditor general showed that a private pay MRI program actually increased wait times for scans rather than the promised reduction. Here, an MRI machine is prepared at Toronto’s Sunnybrook Hospital on May 1, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Why private, for‑profit health care is a terrible idea

Sarah Giles, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Danyaal Raza, University of Toronto, and Rupinder Brar, University of British Columbia

A two-tier, for-profit health-care system will not end “hallway medicine” in Ontario or elsewhere; evidence from around the world shows that private payment increases wait times for the majority.
The Family Medicine Forum, Nov. 9, 2017, the Palais des congrès de Montréal. (Twitter/@FamilyMedForum)

Family doctors are overdosing on industry sponsorship

Sarah Giles, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

This week’s annual Family Medicine Forum is an opportunity for your family doctor – to cave or resist in the face of Big Pharma sponsorship and marketing.
Fitness apps can encourage people to throw out their own training plans and to instead, “race everyday.” (Shutterstock)

I’m a fitness app addict but I know they sabotage my workouts

Sarah Giles, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

Fitness apps which allow millions of users to virtually compete with each other can provide inspiration however, they may also be putting users in danger.
Tuberculosis has been a problem for decades among Canada’s northern Indigenous population. New data obtained through access to information requests reveals shockingly high TB rates among Nunavut’s infants. Poor data collection indicates the real rates will be even higher. (Gar Lunney/Library and Archives Canada)

More than one in 100 Nunavut infants have TB

Sarah Giles, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

The TB epidemic is out of control in Canada’s North. Eliminating the disease will require accurate data as well as government investment.

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