Managed by the BC Centre for Disease Control, the Toxic Drug and Health Alerts System sends text notifications to subscribers who want information about illicit substances and increases in toxic drug poisonings in their region. The system is also…
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Most Canadian children and adolescents can’t get timely, quality, first-line treatments for anxiety disorders. The Canadian Paediatric Society guidelines…
The proposed act would create an oversight body and an independent discipline tribunal for health professionals accused of wrongdoing. It would also include routine audits of all the health colleges, funding for victims of sexual misconduct and…
The percentage of adults limiting their sedentary time to eight hours or less per day, including three hours or less of recreational screen time differs if sedentary behaviour was self-reported as opposed to captured by a pedometer-like device.…
The provincial government will spend $255,000 each year on the five-year project, which begins this fall. The first step will be to develop community action teams at each of the four pilot sites. Saint John, Woodstock, Kent County and the Acadian…
The service will be dedicated to daily care for major trauma patients after admission to the QEII. It’s an extension of Trauma Nova Scotia and is led…
A report highlights LTC workers' needs and identifies areas of support for this…
A national seniors’ advocacy organization says the country’s healthcare system isn’t ready for the massive influx of dementia patients in the coming years. The …
A survey found that eight in 10 health experts are concerned about the rising rate of high blood pressure cases in Canada, as one in four Canadians are affected by the heart condition and more people are being diagnosed at an earlier age. The…
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AHS lowered the recommended age for biennial breast cancer screening for average-risk women from 50 to 45. Alta. is the first province to make these changes. AHS says the updated guidelines were created…
Screenings stopped for only three months during the beginning of COVID-19 at some facilities but the effect was severe. The organization warns that the temporary decrease in testing led to many cases of the disease being diagnosed at later stages…
The health network’s looking to address the province’s orthopedic surgery backlog created due to staffing shortages, an aging population and pandemic-related surgery cancellations. Horizon says the funding will result in over 1,090 additional hip…
The Canadian Institute for Social Prescribing (CISP) is the first of its kind in the country. It focuses on how the SDOH affect patients, as treatments prescribed aren’t always medications. The…
Since Oct. 2021, COVID-19 fatalities nearly doubled, according to PHAC numbers, while Jan. 2022 saw the highest rate of excess mortality in the country after Omicron became the dominant strain.
Simon Fraser University’s Circle Innovation makes a case for policymakers to design programs tailored to personality types rather than a one-size-fits-all approach.
The BC Centre of Disease Control is combining surveillance reporting to include influenza, COVID-19 and other respiratory pathogens in one platform to better…