Premature deaths related to opioids doubled between 2019 and 2021 across Canada, with more than 1 in 4 deaths among young adults aged 20-39 years attributable to opioids, according to new research published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Opioid-related deaths have continued to increase over the past decade across...

Honourable Mention: Anna Jalosinski, Alberta Health Services Anna is one of the respected...

Chronic back pain affects nearly eight million Canadians and is a condition that...

Food is more than just sustenance, it is a powerful tool for healing,...

Combining biomedical finesse and nature-inspired engineering, a University of Ottawa-led team of scientists have created a jelly-like material with great potential for on-the-spot repair to a remarkable range of damaged organs and tissues in the human body. Cutting-edge research co-led by Faculty of Medicine  Associate Professor Dr. Emilio I. Alarcón...

Due to the commitment and dedication of the adult Emergency Department (ED) and adult...

Physicians in Canada, especially male physicians, are working fewer hours than they did three...

Rates of breast cancer in women under the age of 50 are rising in...

Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) has launched a Home Hemodialysis Program which will...

The Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) has enrolled this week the first patients to take part in an early-stage, multi-centre clinical...

A year-old pilot project at St. Paul’s Hospital to track unnecessary use of preventative blood thinners in hospital patients has seen a decline in use by 53 per cent. The Anticoagulation Stewardship Program (ACSP) is the first in British Columbia and Canada to focus on these preventative blood thinners, known as heparin medications, with a view to reducing inappropriate use. By extension, the ACSP also aimed to decrease associated drug costs,...

A 37-year-old man collapses on a golf course. He’s rushed by ambulance to the nearest hospital and needs to be intubated. He has no...

It is our honour and pleasure to nominate Susan Ng (Advanced Practice Nurse) Hospital News Nursing Hero Awards. She is the nurse navigator for Seniors Home Support, an interdisciplinary primary care program for homebound seniors. As a full-time nurse navigator since 2021, she is...

I am writing in strong support of Ms. Bonnie Kissick Nurse for Nursing Hero...

I have been inspired, encouraged, and empowered by fellow nurse Mark Anthony Gravoso. He...

Crowded hospitals, long wait times and nurse burnout have become common news stories, reinforcing...

With more than 500 fellows, the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario’s (RNAO) Advanced Clinical...

William Osler Health System (Osler) has partnered with McMaster University (McMaster) on a system-level transformation project that helps decrease transfers from long-term care homes...

It was around lunchtime and the Geriatric and Medical Rehabilitation unit at Providence was bustling. Jamar Stanton, a patient experience coordinator, had stepped into a patient room to ask a patient about his experience at the hospital when the patient let Stanton know that...

The Coordinated Accessible National (CAN) Health Network, a leading national initiative focused on accelerating Canadian innovation in health care, announced the launch of its...