The At Home Caregiver Benefit aims to financially support primary caregivers to allow people to stay at home. It’ll give money to a primary caregiver supporting someone with unpaid, ongoing help such as housework, finances, transportation and meals
A group of oral healthcare providers banded together against what they call misinformation about the Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP) being spread in part by the associations representing dentists. The national associations for dental assistants
Funded by the QEII Foundation, the $4-million MRI found outside the Bayers Lake Outpatient Clinic will be the first of its kind in the country. The container-like structure will be available to patients by the end of July. It can be picked up and put
Provincial labs in B.C. are testing AI for more rapid disease diagnosis, including cancer. The province says the digital tools will allow researchers to share high-quality images in other B.C. locations, allowing them to perform faster diagnoses or
The overdose crisis killed more than 44,000 people in opioid-related deaths since 2016. While much of that harm comes from the illicit drug supply, including fentanyl, half the people with an opioid-use disorder were first exposed to the painkillers
Thousands of U.K. patients with MS will benefit from a 10-minute injection that slows the progression of disability while cutting their treatment time in hospital by over 90%. The NHS will be one of the first healthcare systems in the world to offer
Health Minister Bruce Fitch said the partnership will facilitate pathways for healthcare professionals from Indonesia to obtain Canadian accreditation and licensure. Representatives from N.B. will travel to Indonesia in the fall for an inaugural
The Cover Your Butt campaign is a call to action for residents aged 50 to 74 to complete the FIT (fecal immunochemical test) kit every two years. Colorectal cancer is the second most diagnosed form of cancer and the second leading cause of cancer
Xylazine, a veterinary sedative with effects similar to the depressant benzodiazepine, was identified in a Health Canada report in 2022 as an emerging additive to illegally sold opioids. The federal report showed just five cases of the drug in N.B.’s
Specifically, PHAC noted an increase in Ont., Alta. and, to a lesser extent, B.C., Sask., Man., N.B. and N.L. The health agency acknowledged the five-year historical average the current uptick is based on includes several years of the pandemic, a