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
A brain injury wrecked my inner calendar but hasn't stopped me from having the time of my life
Notebooks and naps help keep Sheila Willis on track most of the time. But when things go awry, she can only hope people will be understanding of her situation. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Edmonton Source Type: news
In wake of Winnipeg lab scandal, scientists say Canada benefits from new, high-security pathogen lab
Canada will soon have a second laboratory capable of working with the most dangerous pathogens in the world, home to Canada’s Centre for Pandemic Research. It will be the only non-government Level 4 facility in the country, part of the University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Manitoba Source Type: news
Why this Ontario rapper says colon cancer screening should start at age 30, not 50
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
Can't find a family doctor? It might be because they're busy doing other specialties, report finds
If you're one of the estimated more than six million Canadians who can't find a family doctor, it might be because they're focusing on providing other services, the results of a new report suggest. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 26, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
Agency staff cost Ontario hospitals, LTC homes nearly $1B in 2023
A November 2023 staffing agency update obtained by The Canadian Press through a freedom of information request shows that agency use increased from 2021-22 to 2022-23 by every metric — in hospitals and long-term care, in hours worked and in total costs. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Toronto Source Type: news
Maker of B.C. overdose prevention device says it helped save 15 lives in 1 year
The company behind a first-of-its-kind overdose prevention device says 15 people in British Columbia are alive today after LifeguardLite called for help when they couldn't. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/British Columbia Source Type: news
My teacher opened up about his mental health. What happened next opened my own mind.
Teachers in schools always seemed like distant figures to Fiona Babar. But when one teacher opened up about having obsessive compulsive disorder, it made her see him — and mental health struggles — in a new way. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Saskatchewan Source Type: news
Stretching is great for your health. Here's how to do more of it
Evidence shows there are health benefits to stretching as its own physical activity — not just before or after a workout. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 25, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Radio/White Coat/ Black Art Source Type: news
Nursing shortage, overcrowded homes in Pimicikamak Cree Nation make tuberculosis cases difficult to monitor
The chief of a northern Manitoba First Nation says overcrowding and poor access to health-care services in his community can make tuberculosis cases harder to monitor and contain. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Manitoba Source Type: news
Physicians sound alarm over unfilled Ontario residency spots
Physicians are sounding the alarm after more than 100 spaces reserved for training new family doctors in Ontario went unfilled this year. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Toronto Source Type: news
With inconsistent support for brain injuries in Canada, peer groups are a lifeline
Brain injuries are misunderstood and isolating. They can have little to no external signs but completely upend someone’s inner workings and daily life. In the absence of robust, consistent supports across Canada, survivors turn to one another. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 24, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Saskatchewan Source Type: news
What to know about the measles vaccine — from who should get one, to how long immunity lasts
As measles cases keep rising at home and abroad, Canadian health officials are on high alert. There are now warnings about global travel and calls for people to ensure their families are up-to-date on the measles vaccine. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 23, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
What we know about Princess Catherine's cancer diagnosis
Catherine, the Princess of Wales, has revealed that she is receiving a preventative course of chemotherapy for an unspecified type of cancer. Here is what we know about the treatment and her diagnosis. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
Scientists try to unravel the case of 1,300 mysteriously preserved human brains
An undertaker-turned-scientist at Oxford University is trying to figure out why some human brains remain remarkably well-preserved after death, sometimes for thousands of years, even when all other soft tissue has long decayed. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - March 22, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Radio/As It Happens Source Type: news
