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By Hannah Alberga The Canadian Press Posted January 29, 2025 5:52 pm Updated January 29, 2025 6:00 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canada’s top doctor says she is concerned about measles outbreaks with a growing number of cases acquired locally and spreading in Ontario and Quebec. Dr. Theresa…
Layna Lou Durocher is an 18-month-old girl who was born with a rare gene mutation which makes her care very complex. Sydney Gardiner, Lanya’s mother, shares her story and the toll the condition takes on Layna and her family. Layna’s mutation is on the PBX1 gene and the exact number of people with this mutation…
“I cried,” it was “like being kept in captivity.” That’s how Rose Roll of Taber described her stay at the Chinook Regional Hospital in Lethbridge after she says she was moved to a bed in a storage closet. Roll claims she was also forced to find her own bedding, food, water from a vending machine…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Part of the Sackville Memorial Hospital is now serving as a training ground for nursing students as part of an accelerated nursing program being offered by a private university. Officials gathered in Sackville, N.B., on Monday to mark the official opening of Beal University Canada’s nursing program….
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The phone rings at Central Plains Cancer Services. It’s a patient who needs a ride to Winnipeg for cancer treatment. The non-profit then gives one of its loyal 125 volunteers a call. “It gives me a sense a purpose,” Bernie Wright said. Wright has been volunteering with…
Alexander Hart Tsang knows his time is coming to an end. “I can feel it in my body. Its deteriorating,” the 78-year-old Edmonton senior said. “I know my whole body — inside — is shutting down.” Over the last 16 years, he’s battled liver cancer. Alexander has undergone radiation, chemotherapy, immunotherapy and other medical procedures…
The Ford government has no immediate plans to shut down for-profit nurse practitioner clinics in Ontario despite receiving clear direction from the federal government on the gradual elimination of the fee-for-service facilities. The province has been under pressure from health-care advocates and political opponents to tackle the rise of private nurse practitioner clinics that charge…
U.S. public health officials have been told to stop working with the World Health Organization, effective immediately. A U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official, John Nkengasong, sent a memo to senior leaders at the agency on Sunday night telling them that all agency staff who work with the WHO must immediately stop their…
Going to bed early is one of the healthiest habits a person can adopt to enjoy good health, strong immunity and mental well-being. Sleeping early provides the body with the opportunity to rest and wake up feeling energised. The health benefits to the body and immune system are numerous. A report, published in a health…
Alberta’s Minister of Health says it contains “a broad range of perspectives,” — comprised of health care professionals, academics, researchers and advisers,” and it’s recommendations offer a perspective on how the government can be better positioned to protect the health and safety of Albertans in the future.” Critics call it “a sad document — that…
