Category: Health & Medicine

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5300204.1569604760!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/dr-ann-collins-cma-president-elect.jpg The president-elect of the Canadian Medical Association was in Moncton on Friday as part of a cross-country tour to meet with federal election candidates about getting health care on the election agenda. Dr. Ann Collins, who has a family practice Read more …

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5265123.1567117113!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/opioid-crisis-purdue.jpg Newfoundland and Labrador says it will continue to fight for compensation from the drug companies and individuals it claims are responsible for the ‘extraordinary toll’ the opioid crisis has taken in the province. “Our government remains ready and willing to participate in the reported Read more …

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5270997.1567642634!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/oregon-vaping-death.jpg Quebec public health officials have confirmed the first case of a severe vaping-related breathing illness in the province. The patient is in their 50s, and had been vaping for a few months as a way to quit smoking, said Read more …

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5269226.1569529636!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/que-playing-streets-20190703.jpg For Mark Tremblay,  the worst punishment he ever got as a kid was a good grounding. “[It] meant you had to stay indoors. And isn’t that very telling?” says Tremblay, a father of four and the director of healthy Read more …

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5178823.1567455920!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/vaping-an-epidemic-among-youth.jpg Hundreds more Americans have been reported to have a vaping-related breathing illness, and the death toll has risen to 12, health officials said Thursday. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 805 confirmed and probable cases have Read more …

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5298015.1569504966!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/physician-pay-increases-20190207.jpg The number of doctors in Canada is growing at a rate more than double that of the population, says a report by the Canadian Institute of Health Information. Canada’s population increased by 4.6 per cent between 2014 and 2018, Read more …

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5288306.1568823151!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/1167943729.jpg More lots of heartburn medication are under recall because they may have been manufactured with an ingredient that contains too much of an impurity, Health Canada said. Four companies, Apotex Inc., Pro Doc Limitée, Sanis Health Inc., and Sivem Pharmaceuticals Read more …

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5288306.1568823151!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/1167943729.jpg More lots of heartburn medication are under recall because they may have been manufactured with an ingredient that contains too much of an impurity, Health Canada said. Four companies, Apotex Inc., Pro Doc Ltée, Sanis Health Inc. and Sivem Pharmaceuticals, are Read more …

https://i.cbc.ca/1.4017961.1489090915!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/doctor-patient.jpg Medical clinics throughout British Columbia need to do more to protect the often highly sensitive personal information in their possession, according to a new report from the Office of the Information and Privacy Commissioner. The OIPC report, looking at how nearly 2 Read more …

https://i.cbc.ca/1.5297083.1569437562!/cpImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/macarthur-fellows.jpg Female academics whose expertise and influence in areas as diverse as the impact of slavery on modern America, legislating against cyberharassment, and global warming and its effect on rising sea levels were named Wednesday as three of this year’s Read more …