SPF Minute #10 – The Ontario government is investing to expand its virtual home and community care capacity.

The Ontario government recently announced plans to expand its innovative virtual home and community care services with a $115 million investment that also includes $5 million geared specifically to increase virtual home and community care capacity. In other words, tools like GetSkinHelp are paving the way for medicine in the 21st Century.
SPF Minute #13 – The original UV index required changes to accommodate more intense tropical countries.
The UV Index was originally rated on a scale of 0-10, but since it was developed in Canada, accommodations had to be made for countries subject to more intense UV rays and now the index can exceed well beyond 10 and even reach 14 in some tropical countries. Get In...
SPF Minute #12 – The risks of skin cancer are many, including living at higher altitudes.
The risks of skin cancer include having a fair-skinned complexion; a greater number of moles; family history of skin cancer; lifestyle, such as using tanning beds, being exposed to certain chemicals, or having a history of sunburns. Even living at higher...
Two Centimetres
The grueling ten-month journey into Ontario’s healthcare bureaucracy to get a melanoma removed from a woman’s neck. Part 1: The BumpThe origin story of any skin cancer diagnosis typically begins like this: “Hmph. I wonder what that is?” and is usually followed by “Do...