The provincial government is working with both Vitalité and Horizon to reduce the use of travel nurses across the province. While Horizon and Vitalité said they spent a combined $56.8 million in the first five months of 2023-24 on the costs…
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While N.S. physiotherapists are now able to order their own diagnostic imaging, N.B.’s practitioners won't be able to follow suit. In N.B., if a physiotherapist believes a patient needs an MRI or an x-ray, that patient must see their primary…
The province will launch a $68-million in vitro fertilization program, funding one round of treatment and medication as of Apr. 2025. Over the next three years, $270 million will go toward cancer treatment, as well as screening and prevention…
The baby boomer generation became the largest in Canada in 1958 - seven years before the last baby boomer was even born. They accounted for 40% of the population from the mid-1960s to the early 1970s. As of July, the average age in Canada was 41.…
The NHS is offering routine preventative bowel cancer screening to thousands of people in England with a genetic condition that increases their chance of developing certain cancers. This is a world-first move by the health service to reduce cases…
B.C. had 270 doctors for every 100,000 people in 2022, up from 162 doctors per capita in 1976. It’s tied with N.S. for the highest rate in Canada and well above the national average of 244 doctors per 100,000. The data may be surprising given…
The Chalmers hospital has been undergoing renovations for six years. Two years ago, doctors began advocating that one of the renovated spaces become a hybrid operating room, which gives physicians the ability to do all kinds of surgeries and…
A national survey found 6.5 million people in Canada don’t have a family doctor or NP they can see regularly. Sixty percent of those who do can’t get a same-day or next-day appointment for a…
Nearly 20% of Albertans live in rural and remote communities and about 10,000 of them travel to major urban centres to receive specialized care. The partnership between Alberta Innovates’…
The provincial government says a pilot program aims to shave two months off the time it takes to train continuing care assistants (CCAs). The government is partnering with Shannex and NSCC to offer a six-month program starting in Apr., with…
A pilot project by the CHUM and Pharmaprix is hoping to offer some 100 women greater care post-birth, particularly when it comes to cardiovascular risks. Complications such as gestational hypertension, gestational diabetes and pre-eclampsia are…
In a bid to increase the number of doctors and nurses practising in rural and remote areas, the federal government’s offering a 50% increase in forgivable loans for some students. Up to $60,000 will be forgiven for a family physician or family…
The program aims to boost home care services in Que. as the population ages. People who want to become home care workers can enrol in an accelerated training program paid for by the government. It's similar to another program Que. rolled out in…
The poll also found 10% of Canadians with chronic conditions ended up in the ER due to worsening health because they were unable to afford prescription medications. The survey, commissioned by Heart & Stroke and the Canadian Cancer Society,…
The study suggests severe symptoms of menopause can act as early warning signs for dementia. The study also found if the post-menopausal women had taken an estrogen-based treatment during menopause, they had fewer neuropsychiatric symptoms…
Wellness4MDs, designed by researchers at the University of Alberta and Dalhousie University, delivers daily supportive text messages in English or French to subscribers across the country for six months at no cost. The program aims to reduce…