Quebec misses surgery waitlist target, backlog grows despite catch-up plan
The number of patients waiting for surgery for more than a year in Quebec was 12,221 in February — far from the goal of 7,500 planned for March 31. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Montreal Source Type: news
At 87, this Markham man is the world's oldest kidney transplant recipient
A Markham man was recently awarded the Guinness World Record for being the oldest man to receive a kidney transplant. Walter Tauro was 87 years old when he underwent the surgery last year and told CBC’s Talia Ricci he feels like he has a second chance at life. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 1, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
My trip to a Winnipeg hospital turned into a medical 'gong show'
"You know things are going off the rails with Manitoba’s health care when the average emergency room wait time equals a round of golf," Jo Davies says, after waiting more than 38 hours for care at an urgent care centre in Winnipeg. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 31, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Manitoba Source Type: news
Youth are becoming the main market for nicotine pouches — and experts are having e-cigarette déjà vu
(Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 30, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada Source Type: news
Despite the harm, young people are using nicotine pouches. Experts say it's giving them déjà vu
Despite the product’s claim that it’s a nicotine replacement therapy and not intended for those under 18, experts say youth are fast becoming their main market — and that raises troubling questions about how young people’s health could be affected. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 30, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Radio/White Coat/ Black Art Source Type: news
'This was my last resort,' Ottawa-area woman says of experimental phage therapy to treat infection
Thea Turcotte believes her life was likely saved by an experimental treatment developed in Winnipeg for a chronic artificial joint infection. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Manitoba Source Type: news
Ontario nursing unions want staffing agencies phased out after fake nurse worked for 7 months
Ontario nursing associations say the province needs to phase out health-care staffing agencies after a woman worked in long-term care homes in Hamilton and Toronto without any credentials for seven months. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Hamilton Source Type: news
Do you need a spring COVID-19 vaccine? Research backs extra round for high-risk groups
Various Canadian provinces are rolling out spring COVID-19 vaccination campaigns, allowing higher-risk individuals to get an extra dose. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
Yes, seasonal allergies are arriving earlier
Allergy causing pollen has been arriving earlier in many parts of Canada in recent years. Researchers say climate change is having an effect on allergy seasons, making them weeks longer and contributing to higher concentrations of pollen in the air. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 28, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Ontario regulator exploring legal options to address allegations of corporate pressure at pharmacies
The Ontario College of Pharmacists says it's working with a legal team to explore its options after thousands of pharmacy employees came forward to share "deeply troubling" stories about corporate pressure to perform billable services — sometimes at the expense of patient care. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada Source Type: news
Pharmacies still paying patients kickbacks, DTES sources say
Doctors and community members in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside say some people are getting paid more than $100 a month for their prescriptions even though the practice of pharmacies giving out incentives has been prohibited for years. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/British Columbia Source Type: news
Manitoba reviewing contract after staffing agency fails to bring over any doctors after 8 months
Manitoba's health minister is examining why a staffing agency has little to show for itself after signing a contract to bring 150 family doctors to the province. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 27, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Manitoba Source Type: news
Billions in new funding for health care in Ontario budget
Ontario is set to inject billions of new dollars into health care, the budget for the upcoming fiscal year shows. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Toronto Source Type: news
Psychologists seek changes to pilot project aimed at trimming backlog of ADHD, autism testing
A number of Nova Scotia psychologists and psychiatrists are sounding the alarm over a provincial program meant to help address the growing waitlist for autism and ADHD testing, saying the pilot could drive badly-needed public health professionals into the private sector. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Nova Scotia Source Type: news
Start colon cancer screening at age 30, not 50, says this musician with cancer
A Hamilton, Ont., musician and actor who is fighting fourth-stage colon cancer is calling on his provincial government to lower the minimum age for colonoscopy screening from 50 to 30. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Radio/White Coat/ Black Art Source Type: news
