Experts available – Bird flu and seasonal flu – January 10, 2014 With Canada’s first – albeit isolated – case of H5N1 (bird flu) reported last week and ongoing concern about H1N1 influenza across the country, SMCC has gathered a short list of flu experts who are available to answer media questions. If you are […]
Tag: health
Why do we take our medical advice from celebrities?
When it comes to medicine, the power of persuasion exerted by celebrities can be used for good (e.g. raising money for disease research) or ill (e.g. promoting dubious treatments.) A new review study explores the many reasons why we follow celebrity advice, including classical conditioning, herd mentality, a desire to raise one’s own social status […]
Cancer treatment costs on the rise
A new study of tens of thousands of Ontario cancer patients has shown that the average health care costs in the first year after diagnosis have risen by 50 per cent for lung and prostate cancers, doubled for breast and colorectal cancer and tripled for melanoma over the last ten years. Part of the explanation […]
