Consumer health information

This article highlights the struggle to access abortion in atlantic Canada. Discusses issues of access and misinformation. 

This article is an up-front look at some of the pressing issues facing seniors today. Illustrates a general dissatisfaction with doctors and the quality of health care services.  

This article is a guide on how to critically read medical literature. List of glossary terms included. 

This article shows how to turn the supermarket into a classroom. Introduces the supermarket tour, a tool to help consumers understand the global food system while walking through a supermarket. 

This article discusses dangers of tampon use; under researched and lack of information available from companies; chemicals, toxic shock syndrome; government inaction; alternatives to tampons.

An Internet portal is designed to provide easy access to key information about health literacy in Canada for health professionals, researchers and interested individuals. Features the Expert Panel on Health Literacy’s final report as well as links to other key Canadian and international health literacy resources.

More and more Canadians are replacing regular incandescent light bulbs with more energy-efficient products, such as compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs). While CFLs are being promoted because they are energy-efficient, their use has also raised health concerns.

Reports on a study that explored the sexual health information and service needs of young adults beyond adolescence (ages 19-30).

Demonstrates that people who gather information on the Internet are more health-oriented than non-users of Internet health information.