This St. John's mother says her 2-year wait for an MRI is a 'typical Newfoundland story'
A St. John’s mother of three is facing major brain surgery — which she believes could have been avoided if she had been able to get an MRI when her symptoms first developed almost two years ago. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Nfld. & Labrador Source Type: news
Half a million people in Toronto don't have a family doctor, college says
Many family doctors are expected to retire in the coming years and there aren't enough doctors choosing family medicine to replace them and keep up with population growth, says the Ontario College of Family Physicians. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Toronto Source Type: news
Quebec expands referral-free breast cancer screening to 70- to 74-year-olds
Quebec is expanding its breast cancer screening program, which offers free mammograms without a doctor's referral, beyond the 50 to 69 year-old age category. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Montreal Source Type: news
This 100-year-old Quebecer is still volunteering in his community and has no plans to stop
Louis Pagé, in Brome Lake Que., started volunteering in the 1990s. Weeks after he turned 100 in February, he’s still at it. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Montreal Source Type: news
B.C. announces more support for youth mental health
The B.C. government says 10 new Foundry centres being developed in the province will give young people and their families faster and easier access to mental health and substance use services. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/British Columbia Source Type: news
Alberta commits $810M over 3 years as Red Deer hospital expansion planning continues
The promise of hundreds of millions more in funding for Red Deer's long-awaited hospital expansion is being greeted with relief and renewed calls for a plan to address the immediate pressures facing the beleaguered facility. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Calgary Source Type: news
Conservative accuses Liberals of shutting down debate on Winnipeg lab security breach
A Conservative MP is accusing the Liberals of shutting down debate on how two scientists studying deadly viruses at a special lab in Winnipeg were able to work closely and covertly with China — and how the federal government responded to the national security scandal. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Politics Source Type: news
10 measles cases identified in Quebec, 7 in Montreal, public health officials say
Quebec's public health director Dr. Luc Boileau is asking Quebecers to make sure they and their children's vaccinations against measles are up-to-date, as cases of the virus are on the rise in the province, especially in Montreal. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Montreal Source Type: news
B.C. reports first measles case since 2019
A case of measles has been reported in British Columbia — the first since 2019 — as the number of infections rise in some parts of the world, and health officials are urging residents to make sure they're up to date on vaccines. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/British Columbia Source Type: news
Everything you need to know about protecting yourself against measles
As measles cases rise around the world — and appear in countries like Canada with ready access to life-saving vaccines — public health experts are urging parents to vaccinate their children and adults to get their shots, too. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Radio/The Dose Source Type: news
Health minister says he hopes some provinces will have pharmacare plan in place by end of 2024
Mark Holland says he's hoping that some Canadians will be able to take advantage of new diabetes and contraception coverage by the end of the year. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Politics Source Type: news
Measles cases in Quebec underscore importance of vaccination, doctor says
Dr. Earl Rubin, director of pediatric infectious diseases at the Montreal Children's Hospital, says he is 'very concerned' that four of the seven measles cases in Quebec were not acquired overseas and are not linked epidemiologically. Rubin says infants, people who are immunocompromised, and adults who are not vaccinated are most susceptible to the disease. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Coroner investigating after 3rd patient dies waiting for care at hospital on Montreal's South Shore
The Quebec coroner's office is investigating after another patient died while waiting for care at the Anna-Laberge hospital in Châteauguay, Que. A total of three people have died in the hospital's ER since November. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Montreal Source Type: news
Disability culture is something you are a part of — not something that is happening to you
For John Loeppky, disability culture is exemplified by "moments of validation and connection that allow us to see our identities not just in medical terms, not in terms of what society says we’re lacking, but as a kinship built on shared lived experiences." It shows the world disabled people are "worthy of care and worthy of preservation." (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Saskatoon Source Type: news
Universal diabetes drug coverage could be 'life-changing': doctor
Federal Health Minister Mark Holland has tabled a bill that paves the way for a universal drug plan, starting with coverage for birth control and diabetes drugs. Doctors and advocacy groups hailed the plan as they wait for specifics on coverage. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/British Columbia Source Type: news
