Grace Losier resigned as chair of the board of Horizon Health Network. The Liberal-appointed chair says she stepped down at the request of Health Minister Ted Flemming, and that someone working for Flemming had given her the choice of resigning or
While the Public Health Agency of Canada publishes statistics on the number of individuals who suffer fatal overdoses as a result of opioids, some physicians in Vancouver say there are no comparable data for people who suffer brain damage from using
The U.K.'s Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is calling on obesity to be officially recognized as a chronic disease in order to address it more effectively. It issued a call for the government and the broader health sector to recognize obesity as a
N.B. Premier Blaine Higgs met with the nurses’ union to find out how soon 25 nurse practitioners could be hired this year to reduce the list. The average number of people on the wait list for a primary care provider over the last two years was 17,000
The Ontario government has a number of measures to address mental health challenges suffered by farmers. To highlight the programs and to diminish the stigma associated with mental illnesses in the profession, the province initiated an awareness
In an effort to gain the attention of youth and others unlikely to be connected by traditional outreach methods, Health Canada turned to online influencers. These are individuals with a significant social media presence. It's thought these people can
Research led by the University of Manitoba says the incomes of workers aged 40 to 61 who suffer heart attack, stroke and/or cardiac arrest are significantly less than similarly-aged individuals who don't have a cardiovascular event. The data suggest
There’s a growing number of high-risk heart patients on P.E.I., meaning low risk patients are facing longer wait times for a 12-week cardiac rehab program. The program aims to help people recover from heart disease after a heart attack or prevent
Quebec-based DermaGo is an online platform that allows patients to connect virtually with a dermatologist for a fee. Using a camera-enabled digital device, patients take photographs of their skin issue and send to one of DermaGo's specialists. To
Meds to Beds, which provides patients with their prescription medications before discharge, is underway at Grand River Hospital and its satellite campuses in Kitchener. The program lessens the chance that a patient will leave the hospital without