Most Manitobans will never encounter the province’s chief psychiatrist, but if a doctor has decided you’re mentally incompetent, the trajectory of your life is in his hands. The Public Guardian …
In the U.S., the growing role of private equity firms in health care is coming under heightened scrutiny, with Senate committee hearings and a cross-government public inquiry launched earlier this …
The Alberta government has launched a new payment model it says will allow nurse practitioners to set up their own practices, or work within pre-existing clinics, and get paid directly …
On a Thursday in January, Normand Meunier arrived at the hospital in Saint-Jérôme, Que., with a respiratory virus. Weeks later, he would emerge with a severe bedsore that would eventually lead him …
A group of Republican lawmakers in the United States is demanding answers from Pfizer over a financial contribution in Canada — an allegedly minor one. They have written a letter to …
A new protocol that gives priority for nursing home beds to people waiting for them in a “critical state” hospital may only be shifting the problem instead of fixing it and …
John Scully wants to know that a medically assisted death would be an option for him, should he want one. The former war correspondent suffers from severe mental illness, a …
A Winnipeg man who was misdiagnosed with a fatal disease by two different doctors says anybody believed to have a life-threatening condition should be sent to a specialist in the field …
The federal government unveiled details about its highly anticipated Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP) earlier on Monday. The CDCP is a $13-billion insurance program that will start covering most basic …
Ottawa Morning6:35Ozempic eating disorders One of the things Sheryl Rasband learned as part of her recovery from anorexia was that she shouldn’t actively try to lose weight. That’s why she …