Mpox vaccination program sees brisk uptake in Ottawa
Public health officials in Ottawa are ramping up a vaccination program to limit the spread of the mpox virus, and there are signs that early uptake has been brisk. After …
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New research centre in Kingston looks to answer key questions about psychedelics in health care
Canadians have seen a lot of hopeful headlines about psychedelics in recent years, as evidence indicating they can help people suffering from treatment-resistant conditions continues to grow. One woman with chronic pain …
Canadian team tracking for another strong Olympic Games after Tokyo record
Canada’s team is poised for a banner Olympic Games in Paris despite safe-sport and financial turmoil since a record performance in Tokyo. “I believe this is as strong a Team …
Canadian patients’ needs are increasingly complex. Health care should reflect that: CMA
More Canadians should receive their main health care through teams of professionals so their increasingly complex needs can be met while not paying privately for it, the Canadian Medical Association …
Meet the centenarians: Canada’s oldest age group is also its fastest-growing
Vi Roden said she reads an average of 50 books a year, attends history lectures at her local seniors centre, and does yoga twice a week. She’s 101, and still …
U.S. surgeon general wants warning labels on social media platforms
The U.S. surgeon general has called on Congress to require warning labels on social media platforms similar to those now mandatory on cigarette boxes. In a Monday opinion piece in …
‘Nothing helped.’ 2 Fredericton women endure long, painful wait for endometriosis surgery
If an animal in pain comes to the veterinary clinic where Jessica Grant and Mackenzie Ashby work — if it’s bleeding or unable to eat — they exhaust all options to provide care, even as …
Calgary doctors worry about long-term harm of repeated smoke exposure
While no significant wildfires have started so far this season in southern Alberta, the same can’t be said for poor air quality. Over the weekend, wildfire smoke rolled into Calgary — …
Ontario will need tens of thousands of new nurses, PSWs by 2032
Ontario will need 33,200 more nurses and 50,853 more personal support workers by 2032, the government projects — figures it tried to keep secret but were obtained by The Canadian …
How to make conversations with aging parents a little less awkward
The Sunday Magazine23:20How to talk to your aging parents about their future Talking to aging parents and family members about their future can be tricky, but Megan Johnson says the …