Two dozen patients in Calgary and Edmonton with myeloma were trained by oncology nurses to give themselves chemotherapy treatment at home. The drug's administered with a subcutaneous injection, the same way diabetics sometimes self-administer insulin
The provincial government is providing Counselling Alberta, a new division of the Calgary Counselling Centre focused on providing support to in rural communities, with $6.75 million over two years to expand access to affordable and accessible mental
As the first of its kind in Canada, the British Columbia Cultural Safety and Humility Standard provides guidance to health and social services organizations to address Indigenous-specific racism in their service delivery and provide more culturally
More MRI and CT scans were completed in the province than ever before. The province performed 296,211 MRIs in the 2021-2022 fiscal year, up from the record of 252,527 MRIs performed two years ago in 2019-2020. Since 2016-17, the province saw wait
The Toronto-based HR and tech company was just acquired by Telus. Its Indigenous iCBT program was developed with Indigenous community members and allies. It's intended to offer mental health support that integrates Indigenous cultural and spiritual
The New Brunswick Medical Society points out that staffing issues are making it harder to keep the province's healthcare system running smoothly. Staffing problems are also challenging doctors and nurses, who are desperate for a break or leaving the
Data to prove this trend isn’t yet available, but doctors across the country are seeing patients with more advanced stages of cancer than usual - a phenomenon they’re attributing to the COVID-19 pandemic. A senior medical director for Nova Scotia’s
The Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (CPAC) identifies a number of challenges that arose during the pandemic, such as delays in cancer screening and diagnosis, disruption of cancer prevention services, treatment and care and pressures on the
The CEO of the NBHC said for the province's health plan to work, the medical community and the public should move past the idea of primary care being a medical doctor with a solo practice. Stéphane Robichaud explained that N.B. has one of the highest
The province’s Child and Youth advocate identified data collection as one if its top priorities as it investigates graduation rates, inclusion, employment after graduation and mental health indicators. The advocate said the data on adolescents dying