Tag Archives: Health

Patients now have the option to choose to directly pay a private facility for a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan in Saskatchewan. Facilities that conduct a private MRI scan must also provide a se...

OTTAWA - Canada's Food Guide should be urgently overhauled to reflect current scientific evidence, a Senate committee report warned Tuesday. "Several witnesses suggested that Canada's Food Guide has b...

Saskatchewan's NDP leader says mental health care is health care, and it's time it was treated that way. Cam Broten launched his party's election platform on mental health at a playground in south Reg...

Norovirus has been identified as the illness affecting several dozen people at the University of Regina (U of R). On Monday, the U of R confirmed that 44 people had become ill with a gastrointestinal ...

Dozens of people at the University of Regina (U of R) campus have come down with some kind of gastrointestinal illness, but the cause is still unknown. Symptoms include: vomiting, nausea, diarrhea, ab...

The head of a Saskatoon-based medical marijuana supplier says legalization of pot won't have a large impact on scientific and medical research. Speaking at a University of Saskatchewan ...

The number of flu cases in Saskatchewan is growing and the province's chief medical health officer expects that to continue. "We'll probably see more ICU admissions and, unfortunately, deaths for the ...

Cancer is difficult for anyone, but it can be especially hard for those who feel they're the only one their age going through it. Young Adults Cancer Canada's (YACC) Saskatoon representative Heat...

The provincial NDP campaigned in Saskatoon on Friday.   Party leader Cam Broten held a media event where he outlined a plan to get more use out of City Hospital.   The facility currently ope...

The Kelsey Trail Health Region issued a news release Friday morning, Feb. 26, stating the Nipawin Hospital and Pineview Lodge were temporarily closed due to a "security situation". Police now said a 9...