First Nations people in B.C. are five times more likely to experience an overdose and three times more likely to die from one, according to data. The statistics confirm what Indigenous leaders in the province have suspected for months, that their
CIHI’s report Alcohol Harm in Canada: Examining Hospitalizations Entirely Caused by Alcohol and Strategies to Reduce Alcohol Harm explores hospitalizations that are entirely caused by alcohol. It found that last year there were more than 77,000
Global News looks at the development of the Wilson Sarcoma Research Fund, which would create a global database of tissue samples. It woud be a game-changer in facilitating research to help patients with rare cancers and, hopefully, finding a cure
Alberta Health Services unveiled a seven-month pilot program for primary care physicians and nurse practitioners to consult with opioid dependence specialists through a phone-in advice service. It's believed that patient outcomes relating to opioid
According to Ambulance New Brunswick data, paramedics in the province waited for nearly 1,000 hours last year to unload their patients, these "offload delays" are logged whenever paramedics wait more than 25 minutes for hospital staff to take over
The increase in birth tourism has led to changes in hospital policy in Canada, and has doctors facing some delicate ethical issues, Maclean's reports. Some doctors are hesitant to deliver a baby to a foreign national because if something goes wrong
Saint Peter's University Hospital in New Jersey has taken a leap into the future with the implementation of a LightStrike Germ-Zapping Robot that emits waves of ultraviolet light to destroy hard-to-kill bugs in hard-to-clean places. The Xenex robot
A recommendation against public funding for robot-assisted prostatectomies has physician leaders warning Canada could fall even further behind the rest of the developed world when it comes to offering cutting-edge medical procedures. In its first
The Alberta Government notes that 2015 saw 13,358 abortions in the province, a number that changed very little over the previous decade. Despite women being covered for the costs of mifegymiso, the provincial government doesn't expect a spike in the
According to this Maclean's piece, biomedical scientists are dependent on government funding to support their research. Governments, however, will only make the long-term investment of these resources if it becomes a priority amongst competing