Employers in every industry should learn to support employees dealing with cancer. Understanding prevention, the disease, treatments, resources and drug plan impacts are all essential to valuable workplace support.
Get a rectal exam or watch the hockey game? Not a tough choice, is it? But for many men, not getting tested for prostate cancer could cost them their lives.
The Government of Ontario is making it easier to reduce cancer risk through a new online tool that helps pinpoint cancer risk and provides a personalized action plan to lower that risk.
Feb. 4 is World Cancer Day, which is a day to raise awareness about all aspects of the disease.
Concerned stakeholders explore how employers can make the experience easier for cancer patients
The cancer diagnosis came as a surprise to the Bay Street accountant last year. He had a family doctor but hadn’t seen him for five years. A comprehensive health assessment (CHA) was a new component of the accountant’s benefits package. So, he figured, why not try it out?
A group of more than 30 Canadian patient groups, physicians and healthcare charities are working together to ensure all Canadian cancer patients have certainty that if cancer strikes them or a loved one they will have fair and equal access to the treatment they need.
About two out of every five Canadians are likely to develop cancer in their lifetime and employers can be more supportive of their workers to help them cope with the disease.
Today is Rare Disease Day and more than 80 countries around the world are participating in the cause.
I have watched someone close to me die of cancer. And it’s not easy. My mother passed away from neuroendocrine cancer almost two years ago, but I remember how quickly she became skeletal, barely recognizable, struggling just to breathe.