Winnipeg man 'in constant pain' after nearly 3-year wait for jaw surgery
Daniel McClelland never thought he would have to wait for almost three years to be able to eat solid foods again. The 38-year-old Winnipeg man is on a waitlist for a jaw joint replacement surgery that can't be done in Manitoba. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Manitoba Source Type: news
Banned in Europe, this controversial ingredient is allowed in foods here
A CBC Marketplace investigation found some food manufacturers are producing snack foods for the Canadian market that contain an ingredient banned in Europe. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Business Source Type: news
Quebec doctors to face increased scrutiny for overprescription of anti-anxiety medication
The misuse of benzodiazepines is sparking concern in Quebec, and prompting the college of physicians to increase its scrutiny of doctors who overprescribe them. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 16, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Montreal Source Type: news
Clark's Harbour clinic addresses barriers, stigma to accessing addictions and mental health help
A new mental health and addictions clinic in Clark's Harbour is helping reduce barriers people face in accessing care and combating stigma about seeking help. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Nova Scotia Source Type: news
This clinic for gender-affirming health care went private. The founder wishes it didn't have to
With wait times lasting months or years, experts say there's a 'crisis of access' for gender-affirming care. One clinic is trying to fill the gap with virtual appointments for trans and non-binary people — but Ontario patients have to pay. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Radio/White Coat/ Black Art Source Type: news
Why these doctors support Doug Ford's plan for private surgical clinics
The Doug Ford government is poised to give independent clinics a greater role in performing surgeries and scans currently done in hospitals, and some Ontario doctors are speaking out in favour of the controversial plan. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Toronto Source Type: news
Coverage of birth control, diabetes medication part of Liberal-NDP pharmacare talks
The federal government is considering covering the costs of birth control and diabetes medication as part of a national pharmacare plan currently being negotiated between the NDP and the governing Liberals. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Politics Source Type: news
Alaskapox death brings attention to small animal virus
For nine years, Alaska health officials have been aware of an unusual virus causing rare, relatively mild illnesses in the Fairbanks area. But a recent case in another part of the state — this one resulting in a man's death — has brought new attention to the Alaskapox virus. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
Manitoba, Saskatchewan work out deal that gives dialysis patient treatment close to home
There's a dialysis clinic in Flin Flon, Man., but or the last eight months Maureen McBratney has had to stay in Saskatoon — a 600 kilometre drive from her home — to get dialysis, because there was no agreement between provinces in place that would allow her to get treatment in Manitoba. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Saskatchewan Source Type: news
Calling his ruling 'distasteful,' judge gives Ontario woman who scammed doulas 2 years of house arrest
A Brantford woman who pleaded guilty after harassing and fraudulently seeking the services of Ontario doulas was sentenced Wednesday to two years of house arrest and three years of probation. The judge says his hands were tied in giving that decision, and recognized the trauma caused to the doulas victimized by Kaitlyn Braun. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/London Source Type: news
Ontario woman who faked pregnancies, scammed doulas to be sentenced today
A Brantford woman who pleaded guilty after harassing and fraudulently seeking the services of Ontario doulas will learn her fate today. The sentencing hearing in the Court of Justice comes nearly a month after over a dozen victims spoke of the devastating impact her actions have had on their lives. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/London Source Type: news
How hormone blockers put puberty on pause
Puberty blockers delay the sexual development changes of puberty, giving adolescents with gender dysphoria more time to explore their identity before those physical changes take hold. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
NDP says pharmacare talks with Liberals are now focused on who pays for what
The future of the NDP's supply-and-confidence deal with the Liberals could hinge on competing proposals for pharmacare legislation the parties exchanged over the weekend, NDP health critic Don Davies said Tuesday. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Politics Source Type: news
Climate change causing negative health impacts: report
People living in the region can expect more extreme heat, poorer air quality because of wildfire smoke, more storms and flooding and longer periods of drought, according to a new Vancouver Coastal Health report. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/British Columbia Source Type: news
Ford government faces legal action over licence to long-term care home with 'highest' COVID-19 death rate
The Ontario Health Coalition has taken legal action against the province of Ontario over the granting of a new 30-year licence to Southbridge Care Homes — a for-profit company that owns Orchard Villa, where more than 70 residents died during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - February 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Toronto Source Type: news
