At 35.3%, it’s the second highest rate in Canada, while the national average is 27%. N.B.’s disability rate is also increasing faster than anywhere else in the country - rising by 8.6% points between 2017 and 2022. Among the trends in the report is
About one year after a report warned no amount of alcohol is safe, N.S. is developing a campaign to inform people about the health impacts of drinking. The report suggested health warning labels on alcoholic beverages and also made a link between
A report shows approximately one in five adults worldwide consumed tobacco in 2022, down from one in three in 2000. In Canada, the decrease was even more significant, with tobacco use dropping from 28.3% of adults in 2000 to 11.4% in 2022. An
The two exceptions were cancer and diabetes. The study found while there was a drop in diagnoses of those two pediatric diseases in the first three months of the pandemic, researchers noticed a significant and sustained increase in diagnoses until
Experts say feelings of depression can lead people to gain weight, with research suggesting the risk of weight increases in the short term is higher in people who are already obese. The University of Cambridge study found an increase in depressive
Horizon Health made the request to government to temporarily fast-track LTC admission from its two hospitals in Saint John to improve capacity and wait times. However, nursing home workers say the prioritized placements could put seniors in danger
The 988 helpline, led by CAMH, was rolled out across the country on Nov. 30. The centre didn’t have data available on how many of those calls and texts required emergency services to intervene. The hotline provides a round-the-clock toll-free texting
The recommendation says people aged 65 and older, residents of LTC homes and seniors living in other congregate settings may get another shot of the vaccine targeting the XBB.1.5 variant. Children and adults aged six months and older who are
The goal is to bring down long waits for elective care. A cloud-based platform links recently-retired doctors - who still hold a licence to practice - with secondary care providers who need help with their waiting lists. Providers upload the activity
Medavie Health Services New Brunswick, which operates the N.B. Health Link system, calls the model the next best thing to having a family doctor. It’s also rejecting suggestions from the New Brunswick Medical Society that its system is luring doctors