Miscarriage, or early pregnancy loss, can have devastating emotional effects, but it is poorly managed in Canada. A review published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) provides guidance to physicians on how to diagnose and manage this condition and calls for referral to outpatient early pregnancy assessment clinics (EPACs)...

Four years after the COVID-19 pandemic devastated long-term care homes, those hit hardest...

The toxic drug crisis is a long-standing public health emergency, but many are...

A new study from Unity Health Toronto researchers evaluates the use of CHARTWatch,...

Researchers at Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University are using a new brain imaging technique to detect preserved consciousness in the intensive care unit (ICU) at London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) in patients that appear to be in a coma following a severe brain injury. In a groundbreaking discovery...

Canadian vaccination programs could switch to a 1-dose gender-neutral human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination approach...

Canada Health Infoway (Infoway) is an independent, not-for-profit organization funded by the federal government,...

With the support of donor funding, St. Michael’s Hospital has opened a state-of-the-art hybrid...

Bridging the gap between health professional and health management. The Master of Health Management (MHM)...

Advancements in technology play a crucial role in health care breakthroughs and holds significant potential for the future. Researchers at Sunnybrook are using emerging...

The emergency department’s role in providing life-saving care can extend into longer-term treatment plans for people with opioid use disorder (OUD). Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute researcher Dr. Jessica Moe and clinical pharmacy specialist Dr. Katherin Badke researched emergency department health care worker perceptions on connecting people with OUD to the first-line treatment, buprenorphine/naloxone (Suboxone). “Emergency departments provide immediate, front-line access and are therefore ideal locations to identify people who...

It’s been seven months since Daniel Hook had successful surgery at St. Michael’s Hospital to treat an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), a condition where...

Fifteen more nurse practitioners (NPs) will be trained at the University of Victoria this fall, helping boost the number of professionals able to offer primary health care to the more than 800,000 British Columbians without a family doctor. New funding of $532,500 from the BC...

The Canadian Association of Pediatric Nurses (CAPN) is a national network of nurses passionate...

Coming out of the pandemic, Canada’s health care system found many new challenges and...

Infoway has conducted the fourth national survey of Canadian nurses on the use of...

Honourable Mention: Anna Jalosinski, Alberta Health Services Anna is one of the respected charge...

n an episode of the popular Netflix show “Grace and Frankie,” Frankie (played by the formidable Lily Tomlin) is navigating a world built for...

The prevalence of Carbapenemase-producing organisms (CPO) is increasing in B.C. with new cases reported in both long-term care homes and hospitals.  To better protect long-term care residents from a common superbug that can cause serious illness, we are proactively screening for CPO in owned and...

After a year of living with a tube that delivered food directly to his stomach, John Schonewille, then 66, had begun to despair that...