Patient Lifestyle

Quebec’s Health Department says it will be ready to meet the expected demand for advanced applications for medical assistance in dying when it begins accepting those requests next week.

In a video posted to social media on Wednesday, the premier outlined plans to bring legislation next year to ‘ensure that professional regulatory bodies are limited to regulating their members professional competence and conduct and not their speech.’

New guidance issued Wednesday says family doctors, nurses, pediatricians and other medical professionals who care for school-aged kids are in a unique position to help struggling readers access educational and specialty supports.

News reports of Listeria outbreaks and Listeria-related product recalls are drawing greater attention to this foodborne bacterial illness.

Treatment could fall under the purview of general physicians, mental health experts or gynecologists.

New CIHI report shows wide variations, as some provinces are net losing FPs, while some gain.

Tablets and mobile devices can be highly engaging for young children, but they offer few opportunities for them to develop the ability to regulate emotions.

Analysis of the dietary habits of young women revealed that the risk of dysmenorrhea was 24% higher among soft drink consumers.

The Yanae intra-uterine device, developed in France and distributed by the young Canadian pharmaceutical company 49Care, incorporates a flexible inserter for pain-free insertion.

Treatments that tackle vasomotor symptoms like hot flushes head-on, without hormones, are increasingly coming onto the market.