Scurvy, or vitamin C deficiency, is not just an 18th-century seafarers’ disease, as a case study of a 65-year-old woman with mobility issues and social isolation shows. In an article published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal), clinicians describe how scurvy should be considered in patients with abnormal bleeding and nonspecific...

Researchers at Lawson Health Research Institute and Western University are using a new...

If you stand outside Humber River Health, you’ll see a steady stream of...

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

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)...

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

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)...

The toxic drug crisis is a long-standing public health emergency, but many are unaware of the brain injury epidemic that underlies it. As researchers...

Canada's AgeTech enthusiasts and leading minds in technology and aging are set to gather in Edmonton, Alberta, this October for the envisAGE Forum and AGE-WELL Annual Conference. These premier events span research, innovation, and real-world application in the dynamic field of AgeTech in Canada. Co-hosted by AGE-WELL and MEDTEQ+, the envisAGE 2nd Annual Forum will take place on October 23, alongside the AGE-WELL Conference. The envisAGE Forum focuses on the...

For the third summer in a row, Canadians have faced overwhelmed emergency departments caused by staff shortages, overcrowded hospitals, lack of bed capacity and...

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...