When an airplane crashes, investigators scramble to locate the black box so they can find
out what was happening in the aircraft before the incident. An advance on that technology is …

The public health care system is not doing well and new treatments may be needed to revive
it, according to more than 600 residents interviewed in a recent Gallup poll. However, the …

Dr. Jessica Dunkley is currently completing her residency in dermatology at the University of
British Columbia. Like most doctors-in-training in this country, she completed her …

In about a two-month period, paramedics assigned to patients in Nova Scotia nursing homes
treated 135 senior citizens. Of those, 98 were treated and released on site; 26 received a “…

“Heart transplant rates in Canada have been steady over the past decade at 160–180 a year,”
says Dr. Heather Ross, a transplant specialist at the Toronto General Hospital,“but …

Selon le Dr Dan Velea, conferencier lors de la neuvieme assemblee scientifique annuelle
de la Canadian Society of Addiction Medicine tenue a Halifax,<< l'Internet est plus qu'une …

When Canada opened its doors to more than 25 000 Syrian refugees, their welcome to a
new home included access to health care. Living up to that promise has put serious demands …

Under a new cost structure put in place by the Canadian Medical Protective Association (CMPA)
fees for some physicians will increase substantially while others will experience a …

“I was stunned to hear oxycodone is the number 1 street drug in Cape Breton,” says Dr.
Richard MacLachlan, head of the Department of Family Medicine at Dalhousie University.“We …

Nova Scotia is the first jurisdiction in Canada to officially ban the use of electronic monitoring
for forensic mental health patients. The announcement follows a government investigation …