Alberta Health Services says a provincial advisory council is being developed to inform providers about the unique requirements of the LGBTQ community. This follows a census of AHS staff to determine the state of diversity and inclusion in the
People between the ages of 10 and 24 account for a fifth of overdose deaths from illicit opioids in B.C. The British Columbia Centre on Substance Use says there’s a lack of guidelines based on clinical studies involving young people, and youth
Data from fiscal year 2016-2017 found that 44% of students in grades seven to 12 tried alcohol at least once, an increase from FY2014-2015's figure of 40% and reversing a downward trend observed since FY2008-2009. Health Canada found cannabis use
This study was carried out by a U.K. online cognitive behavioural therapy provider. It shows that over half of patients with types 1 and 2 diabetes (51%) sought treatment for stress, anxiety, depression or other mental health problems, and three
The $43.8-million emergency department at Winnipeg’s Grace Hospital is over five times the size of the hospital’s previous ED. It’s part of a system-wide hospital reorganization aimed at reducing ED wait times. It has a "care-zone concept" designed
The Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) studied cardiac surgery patients that stayed in the intensive care unit (ICU) for 10 days or longer in Ontario. It found that 55% of patients who had cardiac surgery and then stayed in the ICU for
Located in the same building as the private Southern Alberta Institute of Urology, the Prostate Cancer Centre opened in Calgary to provide PSA testing and other screenings for the disease. The centre's executive director says a mobile screening
A survey conducted for Health Canada found that 13% of B.C. parents had "low trust" in vaccinations, while parents in Quebec were more likely than others to be concerned about possible medical side-effects. Parents in Atlantic Canada (92%) and
Most guidelines say a broken hip should be repaired within the first 24 hours. But researchers from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences found two-thirds of patients didn’t get their hip fractures repaired within the recommended 24-hour
The Alliance for Healthier Communities includes over 100 community-governed primary healthcare organizations in Ontario. These include community health centres, aboriginal health access centres, community family health teams and nurse practitioner