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“If you’re constantly changing your sleep routine, it can have the same effect as giving yourself jetlag,” Michael Grandner, director of the Sleep and Health Research Program at the University of Arizona and one of Fitbit’s three sleep experts, said…

In a blog post on Monday, Google acknowledged health information can be difficult to navigate, and tends to lead people from mild symptoms to scary and unlikely conditions, which can cause anxiety and stress. Google turned to Harvard and the…

A Toronto retiree who underwent nine surgeries in the span of five years says navigating Ontario’s health system is a nightmare. The 70-year-old retired IT executive wonders if the bad outcome and big expense to taxpayers could have been avoided…

Ontario is providing up to $7 million in funding to improve cardiac services at St. Mary’s General Hospital. This investment will complete the current arrhythmia program by adding an electrophysiology suite and recovery areas, as well as expanding cardiac services…

As part of the 2016 Budget, Ontario is investing an additional $75 million over three years to provide patients with more options and access to community-based palliative and end-of-life care. As a first step, Ontario is increasing investments in hospice…

Premier Kathleen Wynne helped mark the official reopening of Women’s College Hospital in downtown Toronto. Ontario has invested nearly $1 billion in the new hospital, which replaces existing, outdated buildings and consolidates most services in a single location. Full article…

Nova Scotia’s health care system needs revamping while its hospitals are in dire need of $85 million in urgent infrastructure repairs and maintenance, says the province’s auditor general. In his spring report released Wednesday, Michael Pickup said concentrating care in…

Ontario offers about 18,000 spaces in publically funded group homes for adults with developmental disabilities, but more than 6,000 people are currently on waiting lists. The government also provides financial support for adults with autism, but advocates say it’s hardly…

Teens across the country often talk about how difficult it is to navigate the health-care system for services when they’re feeling distressed, said Dr. Joanna Henderson, a clinician scientist and director of the McCain Centre at the Centre for Addiction…

Dr. Jose Pereira, scientific officer of Pallium Canada and director of research at the College of Family Physicians of Canada, told Global News health care workers don’t get enough training in the essentials of palliative care, leaving patients to wait…