Bone Health Survey Results Bone is living tissue. Our bodies continually remove or resorb old bone and form new bone. Strong bone is a result of both the density and quality of bone. Healthy bone development involves the intake of nutrients, such as calcium, vitamin D, and phosphorus, along with mechanical force via weight-bearing exercise. [...]
Your Rights to Personal Health Data Along with twenty other patient organizations and individual advocates, the Gastrointestinal Society has endorsed the Declaration of Personal Health Data Rights in Canada.1 People own their personal health data while stewards of that data own the records. Since people own their personal health data, they have corresponding rights over [...]
Poop Anxiety Survey Are you afraid to poop in public washrooms? What about at a friend’s house? Whether pooping outside of your house makes you nervous, or you're comfortable going anywhere there’s a toilet, we want to hear from you. Take our survey to let us know. The Gastrointestinal Society represents Canadians on a variety [...]
Biosimilars Survey 2021 The Gastrointestinal Society represents Canadian patients on a variety of healthcare fronts, including access to medications. We have designed this survey to help us understand your opinions and outlook regarding switching from originator biologics to their biosimilars. We will use this information anonymously and in aggregate to shape future programming and to [...]
More PMPRB Revisions During Legal Challenges, COVID-19, and an Election As you may know, the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB), is a quasi-judicial federal agency that calculates the maximum prices of patented medicines. There have been several developments in the past few years, including three delays to the implementation of the PMPRB changes, court [...]
Short Bowel Syndrome Video We have just released a new video on short bowel syndrome. Short bowel syndrome occurs when an individual doesn’t have enough small intestine to properly absorb nutrients from food. It can occur after any surgery that involves the removal if 50% or more of the small intestine. This [...]
Changes to How Drugs Are Priced in Canada and Why This Should Matter to You Update: On June 29, 2021, Health Canada has, again, postponed the implementation date of the new PMPRB changes from July 1, 2021 to January 1, 2022 in recognition of the ongoing challenges brought by the COVID-19 [...]
Obesity Survey Results Obesity is a multi-factorial, chronic, relapsing disease that occurs when a person has an excessive amount of body fat (adipose tissue) that might increase health complications. Obesity is defined as having a body mass index (BMI) of 30 kg/m2 or greater. Over the past few decades, obesity has become increasingly common in [...]
Aging and the Digestive Tract: Videos We have just released two videos about the effects of aging on the digestive tract, each in English and French, with the financial support of the Province of British Columbia Ministry of Health. One video focuses on an overview of the digestive diseases and disorders that [...]
Bone Health Survey We invite you to take part in this survey about GI conditions and bone health. It is open internationally to anyone who is 18 years of age or older and has a digestive disease or disorder (including inflammatory bowel disease, irritable bowel syndrome, celiac disease, GERD, and any other). Osteoporosis is a [...]
