Headwaters Health Care Centre and Headwaters Health Care Foundation are pleased to announce the grand opening of its renovated Hemodialysis unit, marking a significant milestone in our commitment to providing excellent health services, close to home. The renovation was made possible thanks to the generous contributions of our community...

People who initiate a premature or “before medically advised” (BMA) hospital discharge have...

E-cigarettes, commonly known as vapes, contain nicotine and various chemicals, including some used...

For the first time, a new study has estimated life expectancy across neighbourhoods...

Patients and staff are seeing a lot more blue at hospitals in the Fraser Health region.  First introduced to Fraser Health in 2023 for high-infection and outbreak areas, Highlight is now being used for everyday cleaning and disinfecting. Initially, blue coloring was added to bleach wipes. Now, the same hue...

Symptoms of anxiety and depression associated with a fear of cancer recurrence can cause...

Miscarriage, or early pregnancy loss, can have devastating emotional effects, but it is poorly...

Glioblastoma is the most common – and the most malignant – primary brain tumour...

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

According to the Canadian Cancer Society, lung cancer is the deadliest form of cancer in both males and females, accounting for one quarter of...

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 published in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), researchers used functional near infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS), a portable...

Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) and the Sunshine Coast Hospice Society (Coast Hospice) are pleased to announce the first dedicated hospice on the Sunshine Coast,...

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...