A UBC Okanagan researcher is cautioning that a person’s poor eating habits established during post-secondary studies can continue for decades and contribute to future health issues including obesity, respiratory illnesses and depression.…
Health in the News
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Partnering virtual physicians with nurses during 811 calls could ease the burden of in-person visits to the ER. The UBC study found that out of the 811 callers who were seen by virtual…
Unlike a family doctor's office, which deals just with primary care, Ottawa’s Centretown Community Health Centre teams family physicians with other health professionals, leaving doctors to focus on medical issues while patients access care under…
Healthcare related expenses pushed almost 18% of Canadians into debt. The poll, covering Canada, the U.S. and Australia, found Canadians…
While other provinces struggle to fill all their positions, UBC will train 186 medical school graduates to become family physicians, filling all its available residency spots. Among factors that helped UBC attract candidates include the…
To reduce the surgical backlog, the province reached deals with two private providers - Cambie Surgery Centre in Vancouver and Clearpoint Don Mills in Toronto and is working on a third agreement that expands the type of procedures Manitobans can…
- NBHC Engagement
The campaign specifically addresses Indigenous youth, pregnant and breastfeeding individuals, new parents and community leaders who can positively…
Boston Consulting Group found five million young professionals in Canada are in need of mental health support, advising businesses and organizations to invest more into employee well-being. Work was found to be the number one source of stress for…
The N.S. government’s looking for any way to get more people access to care. With physician assistants (PAs) working in emergency care and orthopedics and a new training program in development at Dalhousie University, the health authority is…
Last Oct., B.C. pharmacists gained the ability to administer more vaccines and renew or adjust prescriptions for a wider range of drugs. The move aimed to ease the pressures on B.C.'s healthcare system, including the ongoing shortage of family…
Health Canada found 29% of teenagers in Grades 7 to 12 have tried an e-cigarette. That number is down slightly…
Research shows 20% of older adults who were able to walk before being admitted to hospital were no longer able to walk without assistance upon discharge. They may be referred to rehabilitation services at that point. The program aims to meet…
Focusing more on same-day surgeries is a growing trend in Canada as it frees up in-patient care beds for other acute patients and appeals to patients because they allow them to recover safely at home. As a result of a collaboration between units…
The province estimates approximately 4,800 people will benefit from cross-border cancer treatment over the next two years. Starting May 29th, it'll send up to 50 breast and prostate cancer patients per week to one of two clinics in Wash. to…
Nearly every participant in a study of a Vancouver safer supply program involving opioid-dispensing machines continued to use illicit drugs but they used less, they experienced fewer overdoses and they reported improvements in health and well-…
Weeks after B.C. made prescription birth control publicly funded, women are flooding healthcare clinics requesting IUDs, leading to waiting times of several months because of a shortage of clinicians available to insert them. The province became…