A survey found: A third are only getting three or fewer nights of restful sleep per week; Just 16% reported getting a restful sleep every night of the week; and Three in 10 feel their ability to sleep is worse today than it was three years ago. Women
The study showed that 4.7% of people who used cannabis in the past year were at risk of addiction. StatCan found several factors contributed to a cannabis user's increased risk of dependence, including being male, between the ages of 18 and 24
The University of Ottawa study found 18% of the participants between the ages of 18 to 39 had a 20% to 30% loss in kidney function, which is associated with a 1.4-fold increase in death, a 1.3-fold increase in a cardiac event and a six-fold increase
After announcing the noona app launch over a year ago, cancer patients in the province can now use it to access appointment schedules, reminders and schedule changes. It's part of a Nova Scotia Health project intended to improve the patient
The Care Coordination Centre at the QEII Health Sciences Centre gives healthcare teams information on bed availability, the status of diagnostic tests and procedures, wait lists, ambulance offloads and patient transfers. The provincial government
All Canadian jurisdictions should routinely collect data on racial and Indigenous identity to address inequities in healthcare and the best way to do that is during the health card application or renewal process, a group of experts says. Black and
The Newcomer Health Hub (NHH) provides evidence-based, culturally-specific health information for newcomers and refugees. It also educates community members and frontline healthcare workers on how to treat the complex health challenges newcomers may
The redeveloped clinic offers an advanced plastic surgery procedure room, which is the first of its kind in Canada. This procedure room will allow 85% of plastic surgery trauma patients, who would’ve previously needed one of the centre's main
The agency is offering interpretation services in 23 Indigenous languages. This is available to all patients receiving care from AHS healthcare teams. The addition of Indigenous languages to AHS’ translation service builds off more than 240 languages
The province, which is dealing with a chronic shortage of healthcare staff, will pay for 25 continuing care assistants (CCAs) to complete a two-and-a-half year practical nursing diploma at NSCC. CCAs that worked in LTC for at least two years will be