The U.S. recommendation calls for screening mammograms every two years for women between the ages of 40 and 74. Previously, screening for average-risk patients was recommended beginning at age 50. In Canada, regular screening mammography is only
Fifty-five nurses were hired into the Manitoba government's provincial nursing float pool since its inception late last year, bringing nurses back into the public system to work shifts in rural and northern communities. The pool provides nurses with
The province estimates approximately 4,800 people will benefit from cross-border cancer treatment over the next two years. Starting May 29th, it'll send up to 50 breast and prostate cancer patients per week to one of two clinics in Wash. to receive
The study found cases are expected to soar from 529 million to 1.3 billion by 2050 mostly because there’s no mitigation strategy to tackle or reduce the disease. The growing number of people with diabetes is in part because of rising obesity but also
A survey found: A third are only getting three or fewer nights of restful sleep per week; Just 16% reported getting a restful sleep every night of the week; and Three in 10 feel their ability to sleep is worse today than it was three years ago. Women
The study showed that 4.7% of people who used cannabis in the past year were at risk of addiction. StatCan found several factors contributed to a cannabis user's increased risk of dependence, including being male, between the ages of 18 and 24
The University of Ottawa study found 18% of the participants between the ages of 18 to 39 had a 20% to 30% loss in kidney function, which is associated with a 1.4-fold increase in death, a 1.3-fold increase in a cardiac event and a six-fold increase
After announcing the noona app launch over a year ago, cancer patients in the province can now use it to access appointment schedules, reminders and schedule changes. It's part of a Nova Scotia Health project intended to improve the patient
The Care Coordination Centre at the QEII Health Sciences Centre gives healthcare teams information on bed availability, the status of diagnostic tests and procedures, wait lists, ambulance offloads and patient transfers. The provincial government
All Canadian jurisdictions should routinely collect data on racial and Indigenous identity to address inequities in healthcare and the best way to do that is during the health card application or renewal process, a group of experts says. Black and