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Some epilepsy patients worry their seizures will return amid medication shortage
TORONTO - The Canadian Epilepsy Alliance says an ongoing shortage of an epilepsy medication is leaving some patients worried they'll start to have seizures again if they switch to an alternative. The ...
Dec 12, 2024
New children's hospital fund provides financial support for parents
A brand new Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation fund is designed to relieve financial stress felt by parents while their kids are in the hospital. The 'Dr. G NICU/PICU Fund' will focus on the ...
Dec 12, 2024 From left to right Dr. Laurentiu Givelichian, Brynn Boback-Lane, Dr. Sibasis Daspal, Dr. Tanya Holt, Adrian Givelichian and Kristina Konchak (Will Mandzuk/650CKOM)
MAID cases rose to 15,000 in 2023, but growth of cases has halved
OTTAWA - More than 15,000 people received medical assistance in dying in Canada in 2023, but federal statistics show the growth in cases has slowed significantly. Health Canada said in its fifth annua...
Dec 11, 2024
Montana Supreme Court upholds lower court ruling that allows gender-affirming care for minors
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - A Montana law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors will remain temporarily blocked, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, after justices agreed with a l...
Dec 11, 2024
Montana Supreme Court upholds lower court ruling that allows gender-affirming care for minors
HELENA, Mont. (AP) - A Montana law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors will remain temporarily blocked, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, after justices agreed with a l...
Dec 11, 2024
'Should never have happened': Indigenous man's braids cut off in Edmonton hospital
EDMONTON - Alberta Health Services says it has taken a number of steps to better train staff, after an Indigenous man's braids were cut off and thrown away while he was in an Edmonton hospital. Eve Ad...
Dec 10, 2024
Manitoba government's promise to boost health care being questioned
WINNIPEG - Two health-care groups said Tuesday Manitoba's health-care system is facing more strain, even as the government has promised to improve front-line care. Doctors Manitoba, which represents p...
Dec 10, 2024
Postal strike delaying delivery of medicine, necessities to remote areas: AFN chief
OTTAWA - The Assembly of First Nations says the ongoing postal strike is delaying supplies of medicine and other necessities to rural and remote communities. National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak is ...
Dec 10, 2024
Gov't turning to outside help for review of doctor culture in Regina hospitals
The Government of Saskatchewan is reaching for help outside the province as it works to address issues within Regina's doctor community. The provincial government made the announcement Monday, with He...
Dec 10, 2024
LGBTQ+ groups pushing for speedy court process, halt to Alberta transgender bill
EDMONTON - LGBTQ+ advocate organizations say they're working as quickly as possible to ask a court to stop the Alberta government from bringing into force a transgender law they say will cause immedia...
Dec 09, 2024
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