Meditation as good as drugs for depression: study
Tuesday, December 7th, 2010
December 7, 2010
Evidence suggests that major-depression patients will often discontinue their medication far too soon. So a team at Ontario’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health looked at whether mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT) would work as a replacement. It teaches patients to regulate their emotions, monitor possible relapse triggers and adopt lifestyle changes that help maintain mood balance… For that sizeable group of patients who are unwilling or unable to tolerate maintenance antidepressant treatment, MBCT offers equal protection.
Tags: disabilities, Health, mental Health, pharmaceutical
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World has judged universal care lacking, Bliss argues
Friday, November 19th, 2010
Nov. 18, 2010
Prof. Bliss… did not have a detailed plan of how to do away with universality. But he suggested it could be achieved through requiring wealthier users to pay for some of their care out of pocket, making health services a taxable benefit for higher-income people, or simply having a separate health tax that exacted more of the revenue from those in the top brackets… But Prof. Bliss’s call to end universality — the notion that all Canadians have equal access to a government service regardless of income — fell flat with some health-policy experts…
Tags: budget, Health, standard of living, tax
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Ontario unveils new rules for generic drugs
Thursday, April 8th, 2010
April 07, 2010
When Ontario made an initial, tentative step to rein in rebates and cut generic prices in 2006, it sparked a firestorm of opposition from pharmacies, whose message of dire consequences dominated media coverage. As it turned out, the industry has thrived, with 140 more stores now than before the changes.
Tags: Health, pharmaceutical
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