Keeping patients in their community during treatment can be as effective as being isolated for weeks at a time The effects of war on those who fight and witness it firsthand can linger long after peace has been made and the troops have come home. In Canada, it is estimated...

In a groundbreaking achievement, Scarborough Health Network (SHN) has become the first non-cardiac...

Hamilton residents living in north and east-end neighbourhoods with L8L and L8H postal...

Canadians take great pride in their universal healthcare system, but with emergency rooms...

Managing violent patients in hospitals is a growing concern, particularly in emergency departments where staff and physicians frequently encounter individuals in an agitated state or in distress due to medical, psychiatric or substance-related issues. The collaboration between hospitals, paramedics, and police is critical for safe transition of patients from...

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

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

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

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

The Peer Support and Trauma Response program at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) is there for staff when they need it, and sometimes...

People who initiate a premature or “before medically advised” (BMA) hospital discharge have a 10-fold increase in the risk of drug overdose in the following month, according to new research in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Patients leave hospital prematurely for a range of reasons, including improperly treated pain, cravings, stress that accentuates psychiatric issues, conflicts with hospital staff, and restrictions on movement or visitors. Hospital patients who initiate a...

Recently published in JAMA, findings of the HeLiX Randomized Clinical Trial, an 8-year multicentre trial, demonstrate that among patients undergoing liver resection for a...

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...