The Canadian Institute of Health Information finds wait times for joint replacement and cataract surgeries in New Brunswick have…
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During a hospital stay, the ClinicAll app enables the use of TV, Internet, and to call up all hospital information such as treatment appointments,…
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Newfoundland and Labrador leads Canada and the U.S. for antibiotics overuse. The province’s health minister is now warning that drug resistance could bring a wave of deaths by infection. John Haggie warns overuse and over-prescribing (as a global…
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French researchers found that mental illnesses ranked second among the causes of disability-adjusted life-years for youths ages five to 14 in the Americas and Europe in 2015, up from third place in 2000. The…
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The Prince Edward Island government is projecting a $1.5-million surplus for the 2018-19 fiscal year. The highlight of the $1.7-billion fiscal plan is a 4.8% increase in…
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New Brunswick introduced a limited colon cancer screening program four years ago to find the disease in people who had no family or personal colon cancer history, helping people who might overlook the risks. Cancer specialists say the results…
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The website's designed to help men decide if they should get a prostate exam. It also aims to address inequities in testing rates across ethnic groups and to gather information on inconsistencies across…
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The 2018-2019 Saskatchewan Budget includes a 2.9% increase in healthcare expenditures, to $5.36 billion. Included in this amount are $19 million from Ottawa for the…
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The study (for purchase) focuses on one county in Ohio were researchers collected data from all pediatric hospitalizations. They paired pediatric patients with a census…
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A P.E.I. doctor from the Island’s Kings County Memorial Hospital says the past months have seen two trends: increased issues in managing the demand in the ER and increased aggression towards staff because of wait times. The physician says that…
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Researchers at McGill University discovered that having a regular care provider at the time of diagnosis of type 1 diabetes (T1D) meant patients had a decreased likelihood of dying from diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), the leading cause of death in…
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Nova Scotia is set to begin a program to test foreign-trained family physicians to deal with its doctor shortage. This will help family doctors trained in regions that aren’t recognized by the College of Physicians and Surgeons in Nova Scotia to…
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As of April 1, residents and family members in all long-term care and supportive living centres can establish self-governing councils. The goal is to provide residents with a…
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Alberta joined B.C., Ontario, Quebec, and Newfoundland and Labrador in creating safe zones to keep protesters away from patients. The Alberta legislation aims to keep…
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The Mental Health Commission of Canada notes that a commitment by Ottawa to inject $5 billion over the next 10 years into mental healthcare is a positive step but that the 7% of healthcare dollars going to mental health is below that of other…
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The grant program aims to create communities of interest within the medical profession. The grants amount to $5,000 and one grant of up to $10,000 will be offered to…