New Brunswick: Study shows just 15.8% of people in province live an hour from best treatment

A new study says New Brunswick is one of the worst places in Canada to have a heart attack, unless the patient is lucky enough to live within an hour of Saint John. University of Calgary researchers released a report on [...]

Proposed changes to the Alberta health system

A provincial advisory committee is recommending that Alberta have its own legislation governing how its health care system operates, a reform it says would work within the Canada Health Act. An Alberta health act would enshrine the principles Albertans agreed should be in the provincial health-care system, Edmonton Conservative [...]

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When she started treatment for cancer, Lauren Donnelly went from being an active teen taking part in soccer and dance to completely bedridden.
Donnelly was diagnosed in September 2005 with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common form of childhood cancer. Therapy left her so weakened at times that walking upstairs to bed was an [...]

Organic food is better

Almost half of Canadians believe it is more important a food be labelled natural than organic, even though organic foods are more heavily regulated, a new survey suggests.
Sixty per cent of Canadian consumers believe it’s important a new product be made from “all-natural ingredients,” while 45 per cent have “greater trust” [...]

Fend off those winter blues

Whether or not you subscribe to a claim that the most depressing day of the year occurs on the third Monday of January, it’s not a bad time to take stock and address the winter blues if you’re feeling down, experts say.
The designation was actually cooked up in 2005 as [...]

Love your heart

Knowledge is the key to good health, especially when it comes to cholesterol levels. Elevated levels of cholesterol rarely produce symptoms and often go undiagnosed until identified by a physician. Once it’s understood, simple lifestyle changes are often enough to keep mild to moderately elevated cholesterol levels in check. By working with a [...]

Weight levels increasing

Between 1981 and 2009, fitness levels of Canadian children and youth, as well as those of adults, declined significantly, according to the first findings from the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS). This is the most comprehensive national survey ever conducted in Canada to determine fitness levels.
The CHMS captured key information relevant to the health of [...]

Canadian Healthcare

All Canadian citizens and permanent residents are eligible for health insurance in Canada. Canada’s public health care system is funded through taxes and administered by the provinces and territories.
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Health insurance is different in each province and territory. The medical care your province or territory offers might not be covered in other [...]

Many Canadians would not be willing to give up indulgences like watching television (55 per cent), red meat (45 per cent) and alcohol (34 per cent), even if it would add five healthy years to their lives, according to a recent RBC Insurance survey.
The survey found that more than three-quarters of Canadians (76 per [...]

The number of doctors in Canada has risen over the last five years, and the rate of increase is greater than the rate of population growth, says a new report that was greeted with cautious optimism.
“We have obviously woken up to the fact in the last few years that we have this significant shortage [...]