Health in the News
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The Respiratory Watch report replaces COVIDWatch and includes updates on both COVID-19 and influenza. The province…
The goal of the Dalhousie Centre for Psychological Health is to connect more people to free mental health and addiction services. People can receive referrals to the centre from community organizations and local health clinics. PhD students from…
The U.K. government pledges to reduce England’s suicide rate within two-and-a-half years with a national suicide prevention strategy.…
In collaboration with the federal, provincial and territorial governments, CIHI is building projection models around physician…
The pilot, the first of its kind for N.S., will assess Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in preschool and school aged children. N.S. will spend $500,000 to pay for assessments done through a…
As part of the University of Saskatchewan’s Bachelor of Science in Dental Therapy program, the first of its kind in Canada, dental therapists are trained to perform restorative dental treatment such as fillings, extractions and other preventive…
Forty-eight percent of young adults aged 20 to 24 and 30% of youth 15-19 tried vaping at least once in their lives. In comparison, 10% of youth and 27% of young adults ever tried smoking cigarettes. Adults aged 25 years and older were much less…
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The directory, which also aims to build a network between professionals, was created by the Black Healthcare Professionals Network. After healthcare providers sign up for the directory, their contact information is on the website and patients can…
The Virtual Psychiatry Unit allows patients who can manage at home to receive psychiatric interventions. Patients are admitted to the unit through the ER or Inpatient Psychiatry Unit and they connect with psychiatrists, psychologists, nurses,…
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Responsible for a quarter of the province’s cancer deaths, lung cancer is being added to N.B.’s cancer screening programs. The program, which will target high risk residents aged 50 to 74 will be available provincewide by spring or summer 2025.…
The shortage of family doctors is one of the driving forces behind the program at Lakeridge Health, a satellite campus of Queen’s University. Every student enrolled in the program committed to becoming a family doctor after they complete their…
N.B. Health Link gives patients without a primary care provider access to a network of family doctors and NPs through in-person, telephone and online appointments. More than 24,000 people are still registered with Patient Connect as not having a…
Figures from the Department of Social Development show a total of 984 New Brunswickers were on the waiting list for a nursing home space at the end of Aug. The Moncton region had the most with 280 people, 136 of whom were in hospital. The…
Inpatient addiction treatment services will resume at the Moncton facility on Mapleton Road on Sept. 11. Detox services were unavailable since July 3 at that location due to a shortage of available nursing staff. Horizon says it’s since been able…
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The clinic, which offers support to people who have problematic substance use, severe and persistent mental illness, homeless or living in poverty and who don’t have a primary care provider, is in need of a new working space since their lease ran…
Swedish researchers found jobs with short contracts, low wages and a lack of influence, predictability and security contribute to the risk of death. The study…