heart health – Benefits Canada.com https://www.benefitscanada.com Canada's most influential pension and benefits publication for decision-makers Fri, 22 Nov 2024 22:16:07 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.8 Innovative new drugs improve health outcomes, productivity and plan sponsors’ bottom lines https://www.benefitscanada.com/events/conference-coverage/innovative-new-drugs-improve-health-outcomes-productivity-and-plan-sponsors-bottom-lines/ Mon, 23 Jan 2023 12:54:41 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=132537 While a transplant can be life-altering for a patient as a permanent cure for their underlying condition, it can also profoundly affect their immune system, according to Dr. Matthew Cheng, assistant professor in transplant infectious diseases and medical mycology at McGill University, speaking during a panel discussion at Benefits Canada’s Face to Face Drug Plan […]

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]]> Webinar coverage: Supporting employees with severe heart disease https://www.benefitscanada.com/benefits/health-benefits/webinar-coverage-how-employers-can-support-employees-with-severe-heart-disease/ Fri, 09 Sep 2022 13:00:04 +0000 https://www.benefitscanada.com/?p=126420 According to conservative estimates, 100,000 Canadians may suffer from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with an estimated prevalence of about one in every 200 to 500 individuals, said Dr. Bobby Heydari, a cardiologist and associate professor of medicine at the University of Calgary, during a webinar hosted by Benefits Canada and sponsored by the Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. Patients’ mean […]

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