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Don’t blush…just get your prostate checked

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.

Ontario launches cancer risk assessment tool

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.

  • By: Staff
  • February 4, 2015 September 13, 2019
  • 10:54
Support employees affected by cancer

Feb. 4 is World Cancer Day, which is a day to raise awareness about all aspects of the disease.

  • By: Staff
  • February 4, 2015 September 13, 2019
  • 07:00

Concerned stakeholders explore how employers can make the experience easier for cancer patients

The benefits of offering health screening to employees

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?

Group calls for equal access to cancer treatment

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.

  • By: Staff
  • March 10, 2014 September 13, 2019
  • 09:58
Employers can help workers cope with cancer

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.

Fighting rare diseases

Today is Rare Disease Day and more than 80 countries around the world are participating in the cause.

  • By: Staff
  • February 28, 2014 September 13, 2019
  • 10:38

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.

Women concerned about cancer costs

Two-thirds of Canadian women are worried about the potential financial implications of cancer diagnoses, says BMO Insurance.

  • By: Staff
  • October 29, 2013 September 13, 2019
  • 15:10