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A nurse practitioner whose research at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children is dedicated to helping children and teens manage pain has won a Gairdner Award. The Toronto-based Gairdner Foundation says Jennifer Stinson is the first nurse to receive one of the prestigious awards it hands out annually to recognize scientists who contribute to human health…
Want to know what’s worth as much as a six-figure pay rise? A pet. New research shows that owning a dog or cat could provide the same emotional boost as earning an additional $120,000 CAD annually. The study, published March 31 in the journal Social Indicators Research, shed light on the impact pets have on…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario is reporting 155 new measles cases over the last week, pushing the province’s case count to 816 since an outbreak began in the fall. The number of new cases has increased again after a few weeks of appearing to stabilize in the 100-per-week range, which public…
Canada should seize the opportunity to turn the U.S. brain drain of doctors and scientists into its own “brain gain,” the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) says. In a statement posted Thursday, CMA president Dr. Joss Reimer said that many American medical professionals, feeling undervalued due to mass layoffs and cuts to health programs and research…
Ontario is looking for up to 80 new or expanded primary care teams to serve 300,000 patients, as it plans to build a system that automatically attaches people to a family doctor or nurse practitioner team based on their postal code. Health Minister Sylvia Jones says the province is launching a call for proposals today, with…
Ontario schools are starting to issue suspensions to some of the thousands of students who aren’t fully vaccinated, as measles continue to spread and the outbreak breathes new urgency into a call for the province to digitize its immunization record system. Toronto Public Health says about 10,000 students are not-up-to-date on their vaccinations, and a first…
Health Minister Adriana LaGrange says Alberta’s measles outbreak isn’t dire enough for the province’s top public health doctor to address the public, despite mounting calls for the government to do more to stop the spread. Alberta Health Services announced seven new cases of the highly infectious disease Tuesday, bringing the province’s confirmed case total to…
The number of confirmed cases of measles keeps growing in Alberta, particularly in the Alberta Health Services central zone where an outbreak has been identified in Two Hills, prompting a public health alert. Once declared eradicated in Canada in 1998, measles is now making a comeback, spreading rapidly in recent months due to declining vaccination…
As measles cases continue to rise in Canada, particularly in Ontario, one U.S. state is taking notice of the surge and warning its residents about travel. Last week, the New York State Department of Health issued a travel advisory ahead of the state’s spring break, stating that measles is highly contagious and “can easily cross…
The situation, however, is very different when using dopamine agonists to treat Parkinson’s disease. “It’s not uncommon,” said Dr Neo about patients displaying worrying behaviours. “I had a patient gain 10kg after binging on food. They managed to arrest the weight gain after we stopped the dopamine agonist medication.” Another patient of Dr Neo’s splurged…
