N.S. asked health-care workers for ideas to fix the system. Here are some the public didn't get to see
The Nova Scotia government’s contest to solicit quick fixes for the province's health-care system generated thousands of responses. CBC News obtained all of them, using an access-to-information request, to find out what health-care workers think would help the system. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Nova Scotia Source Type: news
As I approach 40, I wish I'd known the reality of egg freezing
Bárbara d'Oro thought freezing her eggs would be a simple solution to make sure she could one day become a mother. But the reality is more challenging and complicated than she thought. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Ottawa Source Type: news
The surprising connection between oral health and general wellness
Oral hygiene doesn't just translate into a more attractive smile. Dental experts say that healthy mouths are a sign of overall health, with some evidence suggesting that cavities, gum disease and even bad breath can mean trouble for the rest of the body. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Radio/White Coat/ Black Art Source Type: news
What Canadian doctors say about new U.K. review questioning puberty blockers for transgender youth
In the U.K., where the debate over transgender care has become increasingly heated, England's National Health Service has banned puberty blockers for youth following a review it commissioned, which found a lack of evidence that the medications help with gender dysphoria. Canadian doctors who spoke to CBC News disagree. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 15, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
8 years and 14,000 deaths later, B.C.'s drug emergency rages on
Sunday marked eight years to the day since the province declared a public health emergency related to the deadly toxic drug crisis, a sombre anniversary as frontline workers in public health reflect on the more than 14,000 people who have died since. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/British Columbia Source Type: news
8 years since B.C. declared public health emergency, toxic drug crisis rages on
Sunday marked eight years to the day since the province declared a public health emergency related to the deadly toxic drug crisis, a sombre anniversary as frontline workers in public health reflect on the more than 14,000 people who have died since. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/British Columbia Source Type: news
Why staff at an Ontario cottage country restaurant took naloxone training
People living in small towns — from business workers to local paramedics — hope that spreading awareness can also help dispel the stigma of drug use and hopefully avoid a worst-case scenario, like the crisis in Belleville, Ont., that left 23 people dead in just 48 hours last year. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Radio/White Coat/ Black Art Source Type: news
WATCH | Thousands attend Vaisakhi parade in Vancouver
An estimated 200,000 people took to the streets of sunny South Vancouver on Saturday to celebrate Vaisakhi with a day full of music, colourful floats and food. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 14, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Video Source Type: news
Quebec's biggest nurses' union rejects government deal
After over a year of negotiations, the Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec and the provincial government have still not reached an agreement. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Montreal Source Type: news
Why what's good for your heart could also help delay dementia
Medical researchers are exploring why nutrition, physical activity and other changes that are good for our hearts also tend to boost the health of the brain. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
WATCH | Study finds no link between COVID vaccines and fatal heart problems in young people
A new study from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows there is no evidence to suggest COVID vaccines cause sudden cardiac death or other fatal heart problems in young people. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 13, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Video Source Type: news
Some U.S. clinics offer routine sedation for IUD pain, saying it 'shouldn't feel traumatizing'
The pain has been described as agonizing, searing and excruciating. Now, some Planned Parenthood locations in the U.S. offer routine sedation to patients during IUD insertions and removals. But what are the options for Canadians? (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Health Source Type: news
Toronto band behind '80s hit releases song on Parkinson's disease
Two members of a Toronto new wave band behind a 1980 international hit have released new music, this time to raise awareness of Parkinson's disease. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Toronto Source Type: news
Toronto band behind 80s hit releases song on Parkinson's disease
Two members of a Toronto new wave band behind a 1980 international hit have released new music, this time to raise awareness of Parkinson's disease. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Toronto Source Type: news
Their parents died within hours of each other. Now N.S. sisters are warning about deadly form of strep
Two sisters in southwest Nova Scotia want people to know about the danger of invasive group A strep — a rare but deadly bacterial infection — after losing both their parents within a couple of hours. (Source: CBC | Health)
Source: CBC | Health - April 12, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: News/Canada/Nova Scotia Source Type: news
