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Technology and Innovation
Canadian startup launches wearable to improve gait and reduce falls in older adults
PhysioBiometrics Inc. has launched Heel2Toe™, a wearable therapeutic device designed to assess and train older adults to walk with a proper gait, which is essential to reduce strain on joints and muscles, help prevent falls, and make walking easier to stay active and independent. The...
Home Care
Easy to install and retrofit home emergency call sysytem with EnOcean technology
In care facilities and serviced apartments quick help in an emergency counts. Modern home emergency call systems support care staff. Older buildings, however, often lack the necessary infrastructure for such call systems. IQfy installed a home emergency call system in all rooms in an...
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Geriatrics and Aging
Smart wearables for faster cardiac arrest emergency response
Prototypes of smartwatches and rings are driving forward advances in wearable technology that instantly...
Research
Our brains can communicate wordlessly, through our eyes
McGill researchers have demonstrated something long assumed: that glances can transmit information about one’s...
Cardiology
Heart failure patient recovers at home thanks to a Canadian first at HHS
It felt like an elephant was sitting on my chest.” That’s how Hamilton resident Peg...
Technology and Innovation
A health management solution for older adults and their family caregivers
When Rob Parker’s father got sick in his mid-70s, it took two years and...
Home Care
Using social prescribing to help older adults facing isolation
On a sunny fall day in Toronto, Sandesh Basnet is in the St. Lawrence...
Geriatrics and Aging
‘Healthy aging’: Education empowers patients when it comes to preventing falls
A pilot program at Providence Healthcare hopes to empower patients to be more active...
Home Care
Personalized home evaluation tool for older adults and people with disabilities wins national competition
Canadian startup Incluzia Inc. has won the 2024 AGE-WELL National Impact Challenge: Solutions for...
Home Care
Hospital at Home: Shaping the future of Canadian healthcare
A growing number of Canadian patients are opting for home-based care as a more...
Geriatrics and Aging
Monitoring system for seniors puts privacy first
Of course your mother wants to stay in her own home. She’s lived there...
Home Care
Report sees chance to create home care capacity by streamlining services
New report from UHN recommends residential high-rise buildings with a high proportion of older...
Complimentary and Alternative Medicine
Assessing and treating swallowing disorders
After a year of living with a tube that delivered food directly to his...
Home Care
Caring for our caregivers: The power of social prescriptions
Caregivers are the invisible backbone of our healthcare systems. They contribute three times as...
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Oncology
Despite Movember push, rates of incurable prostate cancer are rising as screening is abandoned
HN Summary: Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in Canadian men (beside non-melanoma...
Public Health
Canadian doctors predict government actions will reduce access to health care
New data from the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) show that Canadian physicians are sounding...
Oncology
Fertility preservation for patients with cancer
In patients of reproductive age who have cancer, fertility preservation for potential children in...
Diseases
Lesser-known eating disorder just as severe as anorexia and bulimia, study finds
A diagnosis often viewed as less serious than anorexia and bulimia – and the...
