Researchers at St. Jude's Research Hospital in Tennessee report that adult survivors of childhood cancer carry a nearly two-fold greater cumulative burden of chronic health problems compared to the general population. The study monitored the impact
U.K. researchers working with the WHO Health Evidence Network (HEN) and the European Office for Investment for Health and Development highlighted the policies required for addressing the social determinants of health and health inequities. The report
The New Zealand Ministry of Health's report on Health Promoting Schools (or HPS), a school community focused national service to help schools assess and address the health and wellbeing requirements of students to advance student learning and
Collaboration in Agrifood New Brunswick (CANB) has received support from both provincial and federal governments for its efforts to ensure school cafeterias are feeding students fresh food grown by local farmers and producers. The collaboration of
The New Brunswick government has accepted the recommendations contained in a strategy developed by the Council on Aging and will implement 77 action items. An aging secretariat and a roundtable on aging will be created to oversee the implementation
The Ontario government unveiled its framework to manage the sale and use of marijuana, which includes an online ordering service and roughly 150 stand-alone stores. The plan includes opening 80 stand-alone stores by July 1, 2019, and 150 by 2020
Reza Mirza, Resident Physician at McMaster University, and Justin Hall, Resident Physician in Emergency Medicine at the University of Toronto point to a CIHI study indicating that up to 30% of healthcare interventions are unnecessary as the basis for
The federal government's Tackling Antimicrobial Resistance and Antimicrobial Use: A Pan-Canadian Framework for Action was developed with provinces and territories and other key partners in the human and animal health sectors. The framework aims to
Health Canada is proposing to ban non-prescription sales of low-dose codeine, an opioid linked to abuse and dependency. The change would make pain pills, cough syrups and other medications that contain codeine available only with a doctor's
The Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) doesn't support federal medical assistance in dying (MAiD) legislation because it doesn't specifically bar mental health patients from eligibility. The association contends that it doesn't want MAiD to