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Trish Barbato  President and CEO, Arthritis Society As the voice of the six million Canadians living with arthritis, the Arthritis Society is pleased to hear a Canada Pharmacare Act will be passed by the end of next year. We have long supported the call for a national pharmacare plan...

Jone Mitchell Executive Director, Atlantic Region We’re pleased today’s budget places a significant focus on health care and applaud Finance Minister Ernie Steeves and the Government of New Brunswick for committing to such a large investment. Minister Steeves&rsquo...

Arthritis can’t wait, and that’s why we’re pleased to see to today’s report on surgery wait times from the Ontario Medical Association. The recommendations align with the Arthritis Society’s own report on joint replacement wait times, released in July 2021, that...

Re: These experts say there are solutions to Ontario's huge health-care backlog that go outside the norm CBC News online Jan. 31, 2022 We agree that we need to start thinking outside the box to find solutions to the problems we’re currently facing in healthcare – many of...

Focused on patient-oriented research, precision medicine, and sexual and reproductive health in arthritis the third annual Canadian Arthritis Research Conference (CARC) takes place virtually Feb. 7 and 8, 2022. Co-presented by the Arthritis Society, the Canadian Rheumatology Association and...

Researchers funded by the Arthritis Society have made an exciting discovery that could lead to reducing inflammation in people with arthritis. Dr. Éric Boilard and PhD student Etienne Doré of Université Laval, along with international colleagues, have discovered that a protein naturally...

From looking at immigrants’ experiences with joint replacement surgery, to empowering youth with inflammatory arthritis, to improving osteoarthritis care for Canadian women, the Arthritis Society’s newly funded research projects cover a wide range of topics. Dr. Stirling Bryan of...

Researchers coast-to-coast are fighting the fire of arthritis by thinking innovatively about the problems of arthritis – big and small – and pushing the boundaries on our understanding of the disease. Last year saw bold advances, from identifying new subtypes of osteoarthritis...

New projects to unlock innovative approaches to arthritis diagnosis and care  For most people, a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis means starting on the drug methotrexate. But this medication is not a silver bullet treatment for everyone.  For about one-third of patients...