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There is money in the budget for things like tackling men’s health, improving heart health for women and enhancing food safety. But, it’s what’s not in the budget that’s raising a red flag. During the election, the Liberals promised $3…

The move is part of a multi-pronged strategy by the Obama administration to tame an epidemic of abuse and death tied to opioid painkillers like Vicodin and OxyContin. But physician groups see a requirement to check databases before prescribing popular…

This week’s federal budget made no mention of the Liberal pledge to put $3 billion into home care. But Jane Philpott said changes to home care are part of larger negotiations around a new health accord she’s conducting with provincial…

In its Patients First: Action Plan Progress Report released today, the province outlined the investments in health care that are giving patients better and faster access to high-quality health care services today while building a sustainable system that will be…

Highlights include: Investing more than $345 million in all publicly-funded hospitals, including a one per cent increase to base funding. Creating more integrated, team-based primary care with an additional $85 million over three years to recruit and retain qualified primary…

Dr. Louis Hugo Francescutti, a former president of the CMA, authored the March 15 post titled, Medical Professionalism Matters to Me. In it, he suggested doctors review their peers annually and work in salaried positions on one-year contracts that are…

A Heart and Stroke Foundation survey found 86 per cent of Canadians said they would do CPR if the need arose, but only 30 per cent of cardiac arrest sufferers actually receive bystander CPR. Parker said this is often because people…

Last August, Dennis Anselmo, who lives in Morinville, was on the job in Edmonton building a fence with his co-worker when he suddenly felt unwell. “I had hot and cold flashes at the same time and kind of a little…

All hospitals follow standard procedures for assessing patients when they arrive in the emergency department. Those with potentially life-threatening conditions – such as heart attacks and strokes – are normally treated right away. But once the decision is made that…

The federal government needs to ensure there is money for palliative care in the budget next week as part of a down payment on a much larger repair project, health advocates say. The Canadian Cancer Society said the Liberal government…