This just in: 2% OF ADULTS IN EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA AND ISRAEL HAVE HEART FAILURE. A review in “News-Medical.Net “, by Emily Henderson, B.Sc., in “Medical Home Life Sciences” news service, dated 2/14/23, of an article by Norhammar et al., printed in the BMJ’s “heart” section and entitled “Prevalence, outcomes and costs of a contemporary, multinational population with heart failure”, doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2022-321702 came into my newsfeed, today. This review has been publicized by 36 news outlets, blogged by 2 and tweeted by 61. I have paraphrased Ms. Henderson’s article, below. In essence, it reads as follows:“Up to 2% of adults in…

The Ontario healthcare crisis Of all current hot topics in Ontario (in truth, across Canada), the healthcare crisis is “number 1”.Among recent headlines, a few (paraphrased, for brevity) stand out: “ 53 per cent of doctors and 75 per cent of nurses reported burnout in 2021, a significant increase since 2017.”“The healthcare crisis in Ontario system isn’t a seasonal trend – Ontario’s hospitals have been in and out of crisis since 2020.”“While Doug Ford isn’t responsible for the crisis, he hasn’t helped either.”“Hospitals and family practices were built to operate at almost full capacity – doctors and nurses work longer…