Want to avoid ultra-processed foods? Cook more often, choose whole foods
By some estimates, Canadians consume nearly half of their caloric intake from ultra-processed foods. Experts agree that ultra-processed foods harm physical health, and they're also correlated with increased negative mental health, including depression and anxiety. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - May 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Radio/White Coat/ Black Art Source Type: news
Why deathbed dreams and visions can be a comfort for the dying — and those left behind
Cynthia Good's mother experienced a dream or vision as she was dying of pancreatic cancer. Researchers say these events can be a great comfort to the dying, and their loved ones. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - May 5, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Radio/The Current Source Type: news
London Drugs begins to gradually reopen stores after cyberattack
London Drugs says it is gradually reopening its stores across Western Canada, six days after the retail and pharmacy chain shuttered all locations, due to a cybersecurity incident. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - May 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/British Columbia Source Type: news
Firefighter mental health a priority, wildfire service says
The B.C. Wildfire Service and other agencies are working to make sure wildland firefighters have mental health supports ready and available year round. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - May 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/British Columbia Source Type: news
Organ donors saved my life. Now I'm looking for a special person who can help me become a mom
Shilpa Raju feels lucky to be alive. She’s had double lung and kidney transplants after surviving cancer — and is grateful to the donors whose gifts she now carries within her. She’s hoping to find a surrogate who can help realize her dream of motherhood. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - May 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada Source Type: news
She's losing her foot to a bedsore. Disability advocates say it speaks to a larger problem
A Quebec community organization is calling for the establishment of specialized services in Eastern Quebec to prevent bedsores in people with spinal cord injuries. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - May 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Montreal Source Type: news
There's no question H5N1 bird flu has 'pandemic potential.' How likely is that worst-case scenario?
For several decades, scientists have rung alarms that a dangerous form of bird flu had pandemic potential. As H5N1 spreads to more species, including U.S. dairy cattle, how likely is that worst-case scenario? (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - May 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
Canada expanding surveillance, testing milk for H5N1 avian flu amid U.S. dairy cattle outbreak
Federal officials say Canada is expanding its surveillance for a dangerous form of avian flu amid a growing outbreak of H5N1 in U.S. dairy cattle, with monitoring efforts now set to include testing of milk being sold on store shelves. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - May 4, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
Americans arrested for allegedly swindling Canada out of 12 million COVID masks
In the frantic early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, fraudsters in the U.S. allegedly swindled funds that were supposed to buy 12 million face masks for Canadians, according to a new criminal indictment. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - May 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/World Source Type: news
Alberta government aims to address gaps in women's health care with $26M injection
The Alberta government says it's taking steps to improve the health of women and children by following through on a promise to spend $26 million on research and expanding a newborn screening program. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - May 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Calgary Source Type: news
Ontario midwives can now give vaccines, prescribe more drugs
Ontario midwives can now prescribe more drugs and administer routine vaccinations, which the provincial government says will reduce the need for additional medical appointments for patients. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - May 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Toronto Source Type: news
He fought years for financial aid for his long-term disability. He says system must change
A Quebec man with serious health issues is calling for changes to the way people with long-term disabilities are provided financial support from the province after spending four years fighting for adequate help. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - May 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Montreal Source Type: news
Private equity's increasing role in health care worries advocates
U.S. lawmakers are investigating the practice of private equity firms acquiring hospitals. Although the role of private equity in the Canadian health-care system is more limited, it is growing and some research shows it can lead to worse patient-care outcomes. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - May 3, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Private health agencies in Quebec launch legal challenge to new law limiting their use
Quebec passed a law that will limit and eventually phase out the use of private health agencies. The agencies say patients will suffer, so they’re fighting the law in court. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - May 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Montreal Source Type: news
Overworked B.C. doctors say sick notes are wasting their time
Family doctors frustrated with writing sick notes have created a template letter for patients to give to their employers, explaining that sick notes place an unnecessary burden on physicians during an ongoing primary-care crisis. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - May 2, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/British Columbia Source Type: news
