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Beginning in January 2017, Ontario will no longer cover the cost of higher doses of certain pain medications on its drug benefit formulary. The formulary covers the cost of drugs for senior citizens and the disabled. Those on higher doses will have to pay for these prescriptions themselves or have their doctors prescribe lower doses in sufficient quantity to make up for the single pill or long-acting patches they get now.
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The protest, orchestrated by Association of Community Associations for Reform Now, was an attempt to get the province to increase the employment income before the money is clawed back from Ontario Works and Ontario Disability Support Program clients.
Until Canadians own cars that truly drive themselves, they can forget getting off the legal hook if they’re in an accident with a vehicle that still has a steering wheel, suggests a report from Canada’s biggest law firm.
The EKOS survey of 4,127 Canadians — about two-thirds of respondents were over the age of 55 — found that 60 per cent supported government financial assistance for caregivers who have to change or scale down their work because of care-giving responsibilities.
Is brain injury making you cranky & irritable? Is your ability to cope with sensory stimulation non-existant? This video will explain why and also tell you what to do about it! The TBI Coach explains the lack of sensory filters and sensory integration issues for people with concussion and Traumatic Brain Injury and ways to relax the brain so it can function better.
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In 2013, Dr. Chandran and his associates were able to extract stem cells from the bone marrow of patients with Multiple Sclerosis, use these stem cells to grow myelin cells – damage of myelin cells is associated with diseases such as Multiple Sclerosis (MS) – and then inject these cultured myelin cells back into the patient’s veins. To measure whether the intervention was successful, the scientists examined the optic nerve. The size of the optic nerve was measured before the injection of the lab grown myelin cells, three and six months post injection (patients with MS usually have vision problems).
“For cancer you can remove the tumour, and we can grow these cancer cells in a dish. If you find a small molecule that stops uncontrolled proliferation of these cells, you have a potential drug for cancer,” said Pasca. “In contrast with that, we don’t have direct access to brain cells, you can’t do a brain biopsy. Therefore, in studying mental disorders, we look at postmortem brains. That’s a problem for me as a neuroscientist because these neurons can’t fire,” he said.
Traffic deaths from red-light-running crashes go up by nearly a third after cities turn off cameras designed to catch motorists in the act, according to a study by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. The institute is funded by auto insurers.
It’s appropriate and effective practice for independent physicians to review medical files without examining the patients for the Ontario’s workers’ compensation board, says Toronto orthopedic spine and trauma surgeon Dr. Michael Ford.
Automobile insurance rate are rising and accident benefits have been reduced. Catastrophic injury benefits have been cut by 50%. Through these changes and reductions, the Ontario government has sacrificed the most vulnerable citizens in exchange for political gain.
Petition for public consultation and reinstatement of auto insurance benefits petition can be forwarded to: Michael Harris MPP, 4281 King Street East, #4, Kitchener, Ontario, N2P 2E9
Online petition: https://www.change.org/p/liberal-government-of-ontario-a-call-for-public-consultation-and-reinstatement-of-auto-insurance-benefits