The rising costs of nearly every aspects of daily living due to record inflation is taking its toll. The Leger survey shows 38% of respondents cite money as being the biggest source of stress for the fifth time in eight years, nearly twice as…
Health in the News
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The University of Manitoba-led study found that living close to a trail used for walking, running and cycling leads to an 8% reduction in the risk factors for…
Disability advocates are hoping for changes in N.B. when it comes to accessibility of mammograms. They say there are barriers to accessing mammograms which unfairly subject those with disabilities to increased risk and potentially worse health…
The funding for CHEO’s National Newcomer Navigation Network (N4) aims to help…
A doctor at a rural ER usually sees every patient in person, day and night. But for three weeks this spring, two rural ERs were staffed by only one doctor on call 24 hours a day who remained on standby overnight to take phone calls from…
Almost all health workers in the study felt the pandemic impacted their mental health and added stress to their work-life balance. In the fourth wave of the…
Instead of giving new prescriptions or recommending lifestyle changes to a patient who’s having difficulty making ends meet, physicians in an Alta. health network are asking patients about their financial circumstances to adapt the care and…
- NBHC Engagement
A First Nations physician and a public health specialist created the interactive digital resources for students within Queen’s…
As part of a direct-to-triage policy, the province's paramedics can now leave low-risk patients with staff in ERs and get back on the road more quickly. Instead of waiting, they'll take low-risk patients to ER waiting rooms to be assessed by…
British Columbians now have access to lab results collected from inpatient and outpatient settings, any health authority and from some private labs via the provincial government's Health Gateway…
In the next 20 years, 90% of all jobs in England’s NHS are expected to require some element of digital skills. The review's being conducted…
Edmonton-based DynaLife Medical Labs, a private laboratory service that collects blood and other samples for medical testing, will be expanding its operations in the province. The company, which already…
Telus Health MyCare virtual walk-in clinics were in high demand during the pandemic. But B.C.’s Medical Services Commission is now investigating whether the private, fee-based services allow patients to jump the queue, which is against the law.…
Engage Nova Scotia (ENS) has the largest single data set on well-being and quality of life in North America,. The data, from 2019, is from 13,000 Nova…
The eVisitNB virtual care clinics app, intended to reduce high patient volumes in ERs and walk-in clinics, is offered to anyone with a New Brunswick Medicare card. It’s offered since Jan. but users of the app are concerned it’s not as effective…
At Toronto’s SickKids Hospital, the scheduled surgery wait-list for children grew to 5,600 patients since 2020. Despite the fact that children’s hospitals are beginning to move back to full operation, as pandemic restrictions are lifted, these…