GENETICS TESTING, THE CANADIAN LIFE AND HEALTH ASSOCIATION DECISION, AND YOUR KIDS

The Canadian Life and Health Association recently reiterated it’s existing guidelines with regards to sharing information on any genetic testing you may have had done. The move shows just how important genetic testing is going to be to the future of medicine and health in general. More specifically, it highlights why you need to be talking […]

GOVERNMENTS ARE GETTING HUNGRIER

Back in the days just after the Soviet Union broke up and move towards capitalism, their tax collectors were said to collect with machine guns in hand. Hopefully that is not the case today given the amount of oil revenue coming into Russia, but it is safe to say that as the world continues to […]

Are the food giants killing their own customers?

Here is a great book to read. My blog title seemed like an absurd statement until I got into reading Salt, Sugar, Fat. I’m typically not one to blindly buy into conspiracy theories or idly place blame. So right up front in this blog piece I’ll answer my own question. No, the food giants are […]

The Future of Health is in Your Hands

It doesn’t take a genius to figure out that there’s a problem with the US health care industry. If you haven’t had a chance to watch Escape Fire – Rescuing American Health Care which aired recently on CNN , you’ll know what I mean. If you haven’t watched it, I highly recommend it. Getting your […]

The Health Of Canadians

Statistics Canada is constantly gathering and disseminating a wide variety of information about the Canadian population. This information can be very useful to businesses as they attempt to identify current market trends or predict new market segments. A recently issued survey from Statistics Canada deals with the current state of health of Canadians and how […]

Improving Your Mental Powers

I took a really good break about a few weeks ago and spent some time on the beach in Jamaica. The financial business is a stressful one as there are 101 things to do every day with a people counting on you to get it all right. The downtime was great and one of the […]

The New Personal Medical Tool Kit

We’ve had lots of comments on our various different blog pieces but one of the ones we get comments on the most is How Local Health Care Will Go Global within Five Years. Various different clients have commented to me both in person and online how they’d like to know more about how this will […]

First Do No Harm

Here is a story that defies logic. Its about patents and grants, reputations and graft but mostly it is about human dignity taking a second place to profit. It’s not a new story, not really, as it goes back 40 years and to find out more all you have to do is follow the money! […]