At 35.3%, it’s the second highest rate in Canada, while the national average is 27%. N.B.’s disability rate is also increasing faster than anywhere else in the country - rising by 8.6% points between 2017 and 2022. Among the trends in the report…
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The Healthcare Improvement Challenge asked healthcare providers and people with jobs connected to the system to make suggestions on ways to better N.S. healthcare. The ideas were narrowed down to a top 20 shortlist, which the public could vote on…
Medavie Health Services New Brunswick, which operates the N.B. Health Link system, calls the model the next best thing to having a family doctor. It’s also rejecting suggestions from the New Brunswick Medical Society that its system is luring…
The 988 helpline, led by CAMH, was rolled out across the country on Nov. 30. The centre didn’t have data available on how many of those calls and texts required emergency services to intervene. The hotline provides a round-the-clock toll-free…
The recommendation says people aged 65 and older, residents of LTC homes and seniors living in other congregate settings may get another shot of the vaccine targeting the XBB.1.5 variant. Children and adults aged six months and older who are…
The Department of Health says two people already died this year, including a child under the age of nine and a person aged 10 to 59. Last year, there were 10 deaths in total, which represented a nearly 67% jump. At least two of these were…
Experts say feelings of depression can lead people to gain weight, with research suggesting the risk of weight increases in the short term is higher in people who are already obese. The University of Cambridge…
A study confirms financial limitations are keeping people without private or employer-sponsored drug coverage from following through with their prescriptions. It’s true for both those who have no coverage at all and people who have some coverage…
The New Brunswick Medical Society (NBMS) says doctors providing services through N.B. Health Link can earn similar fees from Medicare as they do in their clinics but without the same paperwork headaches, which makes it less attractive for them to…
The survey tracked Canadians’ satisfaction at the start of the pandemic until 2023 and found a decrease of satisfaction across the country but N.B.’s dip is the lowest, going from 42% to 11%. Responding to the survey, the Department of Health…
Researchers say people with noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart disease, cancer, diabetes or chronic lung ailments were disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. The report also shows women…
The UBC study found patients coming to the ER were 2.7 times more likely to be hospitalized and 2.1 times more likely to have multiple medical issues in…
Self Care Through Hair, an initiative from Black Mental Health Canada (BMHC), is the first program of its kind to utilize barbers and…
The percentage of Horizon Health Network hospital beds occupied by alternate level of care patients (ALC) was between 25% and 26% per cent in 2020-2023. Currently, it’s approximately 35%. Horizon says it’s working on finding placements, where…
The program is inspired by doctors’ experiences in India. KINCARES involves training volunteers to visit people weekly in the final months of their lives and doing everything from making them tea to taking them for walks to ministering to their…
The Washington State University study says being able to access even 10% more forest space in a person's area code was connected to reduced mental health problems that need treatment…