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The secret to better rural healthcare Studies show that paying doctors to visit rural areas has been shown to be a cost-effective way to mitigate cardiologist shortages. However, “windshield” time (2 – 3 hours of driving time a day), is not just a lost opportunity to see patients but there is the additional cost of […]
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Displaced kids flashlights Launched on kickstarter in early 2023, UK social enterprise Ambessa Play debuted its battery free DIY flashlight featuring ten parts and 16 build steps. Displaced children were engaged in the design process as a reminder that all children possess untapped ideas and inventiveness capable of creating the new technologies we’ll need.  Note: […]
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Your wheelchair that is!  By Natasha Way Studies have shown that recreation can shape social behaviour, overall satisfaction and feature very positively in the lives of care home residents. Those who take part in activities confirm that they have more to look forward to, enjoy increased social interaction and report less loneliness. Not only do […]
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Books Nurturing boys to be better men By Dr. Shelly Flais  This is an evidence based book that’s full of conversation starting questions, age-based suggestions for books to read and movies to watch and discuss along with tips for addressing specific hurdles like division of physical and emotional labour. Flais, who is a paediatrician, uses […]
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Highest rates of burnout:

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Disabled, racialized medical students at risk  By Louise Kinross Last year a groundbreaking study found that Black people in American counties with more Black primary-care doctors live longer, yet research shows that Black medical students have higher rates of burnout than white students, which means they’re at risk of leaving the field. Recently, a new […]
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Begin with children  Caused by systemic underinvestment in healthcare, “never events” have become normal as young people have challenges accessing essential, time sensitive services. Unlike our European counterparts, France, UK and Sweden who invest almost 4% of GDP to policies and investments Canada dedicates but 1.68 % to children and youth. With untenable backlogs
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Wearable airbag vest Seeing mind-boggling fall statistics and their ramifications for older adults around the world, a Chinese start-up has spent more than 5 years perfecting an algorithm that predicts whether a sudden movement will result in a person falling. The result—a wearable vest that houses a fast activating airbag. When a fall is detected, […]
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Canada’s first Chief Artificial Intelligence Scientist

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University Health Network, Canada’s largest research hospital, has become the first hospital in the country to appoint a Chief Artificial Intelligence (AI) Scientist. The appointment of Dr. Bo Wang, whose primary research areas are machine learning, computational biology and computer vision, builds upon the launch earlier this year of UHN’s AI Hub. Designed to augment […]
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