The Food Rx program, a collaboration between FoodShare Toronto and the University Health Network, delivers a box of fresh fruits and vegetables to Torontonians who would otherwise struggle to…
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For many people, prescription antidepressants and antipsychotics aren’t effective because of adverse reactions and side effects. U of A researchers developed genetic testing for the four enzymes most relevant to psychiatric drugs. People who have…
The Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (CPAC) identifies a number of challenges that arose during the pandemic, such as delays in cancer screening and…
The New Brunswick Medical Society points out that staffing issues are making it harder to keep the province's healthcare system running smoothly. Staffing problems are also challenging doctors and nurses, who are desperate for a break or leaving…
The Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table and other health experts warn the struggle against COVID-19 isn’t over as case counts across the country are higher than they were in June 2021. They anticipate two surges after this summer, one in the…
The Lawson Health Research Institute will test whether an AI model can automatically determine the presence of abnormal…
The Toronto-based HR and tech company was just acquired by Telus. Its Indigenous iCBT program was developed with…
As the first of its kind in Canada, the British Columbia Cultural Safety and Humility Standard provides guidance to health and social services organizations…
L’approche est présente en Ont., en Angleterre et en Australie. Elle vise à rencontrer des patients qui vivent des moments éprouvants, mais pas des individus en crise. L’Université de Sherbrooke a étudié l’efficacité du programme et a constaté…
Two dozen patients in Calgary and Edmonton with myeloma were trained by oncology nurses to give themselves chemotherapy treatment at home. The drug's administered with a subcutaneous injection, the same way diabetics sometimes self-administer…
To reduce the province’s 95,000-person primary care wait list, the funding model will see three family doctor clinics being paid for the number of patients they serve, as opposed to only for services provided, Currently, family physicians in N.S…
More MRI and CT scans were completed in the province than ever before. The province performed 296,211 MRIs in the 2021-2022 fiscal year, up from the record of 252,527 MRIs performed two years ago in 2019-2020. Since 2016-17, the province saw wait…
The Health Strategy for Women and Islanders who are Gender Diverse outlines priorities in addressing…
The provincial government is providing Counselling Alberta, a new division of the Calgary Counselling Centre focused on providing support to in rural communities, with $6.75 million…
Data to prove this trend isn’t yet available, but doctors across the country are seeing patients with more advanced stages of cancer than usual - a phenomenon they’re attributing to the COVID-19 pandemic. A senior medical director for Nova Scotia…
The health network’s looking to engage its staff, physicians and New Brunswickers in recruiting healthcare workers. The Horizon Referral Reward focuses on the recruitment of RNs…