The Guide To Healthy Living

While products such as pure Emu oil are popular among home remedy enthusiasts today, Emus have actually been used as resources for a long time. At one point, they were considered very valuable to the Aborigines who lived in the areas where they were more plentiful. The Emu was one of their most important sources [...]

The growing burden of medical expenses for the elderly is straining the financial health of corporate health insurance societies. In one instance, the president of a medical equipment leasing company in Tokyo has begun asking his managers, whose dependents include parents aged 70 and up, to cooperate in reducing medical expenses. In addition to being [...]

The Emu is currently found in Australia, the biggest bird native to the continent. Known by the Latin name Dromaius novaehollandiae, it is the only surviving member of the genus Dromaius. The second largest bird in world today after the ostrich, the Emu is flightless and is sometimes bred for its leather, meat, and pure [...]

Why should we wait for the medical lobby to give its nod to a proven model for health care in Ontario communities? Let’s not kid ourselves. The Ontario Health Networks, including the “failed” pilot projects, have never been about primary health-care reform. Usually, these primary-care projects are physician-led group practices that largely reflect a change [...]

WHERE DOES business stand on sustaining and strengthening Canada’s largely public and universal health-care system? For William Blundell, chairman of Manulife Financial and from 1984 to 1991 chairman and chief executive officer of General Electric Canada, it’s a pretty good system that we should be proud of and should work to sustain. Moreover, Blundell says: [...]

Something has long been missing from the charts showing where health-care spending comes from and where it goes: The fact that nearly all health-care spending starts from your pocketbook. You’ve seen the usual breakdowns: Government pays for about 40% of all health care and private insurers pay for about 35%, leaving 25% that individuals pay [...]