The online resource aims to help pediatricians answer common questions posed by parents, including explanations about the differences between sex, gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation. The guidelines explain how gender
There are currently 57 collaborative family practice teams in Nova Scotia and the Nova Scotia Health Authority expects the model will help with the doctor shortage in the province. The government hopes to have about 70 teams established by the end of
The country’s Ministry of Health developed a package of online resources aimed at getting children aged five and under to play regularly and have quality sleep. The Active Play resources communicate the importance for young children to sit less, move
The target systolic blood pressure for patients over 50 at risk of heart complications was 140, meaning anyone above that should receive treatment. But in 2016, Hypertension Canada changed its guidelines to recommend that number be lowered to 120
A study presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting in Toronto found children exposed to a combination of marijuana and tobacco smoke go the ER more often than those without smoke exposure. It also found children with exposure to
London, Ont. EMS officials are asking hospitals to change and improve the way nurses intervene to bring patients into the city’s emergency rooms. Paramedics in the region are spending thousands of hours stranded with patients waiting to get into
The province will invest $5 million to put more mental health workers in schools, representing a 50% hike in the grant funding. The expansion will add 15 more programs to serve a up to 100,000 K-12 students, up from the 65,000 children and youth who
The funding will be used for three new initiatives from the Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information (NLCHI) aimed at growing the life sciences sector. Nearly $4 million will be used to assess, design and implement a Health Data Lab
NHS England aims to make mental health services for new and expectant mothers in underserved parts of the country accessible within a year. NHS suggests only 3% of the country had good access to perinatal mental healthcare as recently as 2014, but it
This new system includes indicators to show whether a prescription may have contributed to a patient being admitted to hospital. The indicators will link prescribing data in primary care to hospital admissions in a medication dashboard, allowing the