L'hôpital d'Alma tente un projet de gestion de l'anxiété en réalité virtuelle (VR) qui verra les participants s'engager dans des scènes paisibles et des exercices de respiration guidés à l'aide de casques VR immersifs. Le but du projet est d
People living with cancer and their caregivers are still impacted by COVID-19. The Canadian Cancer Society admits it's seeing improvements in some aspects of cancer care and support since the peak of the pandemic but warns access to care remains
While any Canadians are finding it easier than ever to get COVID-19 shots now that many pharmacies offer them, access to vaccines and boosters dwindled for some. In parts of the country, pop-up clinics, mass vaccination clinics and outreach programs
The Interdisciplinary Centre for Black Health’s looked for data on incidence, stage of cancer at diagnosis, type of care received and other factors. It found no data related to Black people. By comparison, U.S. research found breast cancer was more
The digital diabetes management clinic offers on-demand access to real-time continuous glucose monitoring. The program offered by Toronto-based Mednow includes access to diabetes educators and clinical pharmacists for ongoing health coaching
All provinces monitored by Medimap saw an increase in overall average wait times. The dats found 12-minute increase in the average wait time it takes to see a physician, compared to 2021. The average walk-in clinic wait time stood at 37 minutes last
The province and Doctors Manitoba will create a joint task force to identify unnecessary burdens on doctors and come up with solutions so they can focus on their patients. The task force includes physicians, a representatives from the provincial
B.C.’s medical services agency asked for an injunction against Harrison Healthcare, alleging that the company, which has clinics in Vancouver and Calgary, is charging patients for bundled health services covered under the public healthcare system in
With many remote or rural communities facing staffing shortages that lead to temporary ED closures, rural emergency physicians believe knowing peer support’s available can help retain doctors. In B.C., the support program’s taking it one step further
Findings from Statistic Canada’s first annual Health of Canadians report include: Canadians are generally living longer and healthier lives but life expectancy fell by more than half a year in 2020, the largest single-year decline in Canada since