When NP Sandra Hooper approached Dr. Mary Gordon about setting up a 6-month pilot
program at the Sexual Health Clinic run by the City of Ottawa, she met no resistance.“She was …

In a cramped, smoky room at the Shepherds of Good Hope hostel in Ottawa, a staff member
pours U-brew wine into coffee mugs. Ten street alcoholics, 2 in wheelchairs and 1 with a …

He said scheduling appointments is beneficial not only for donors but also hospitals. If there
is a need for a specific blood group the Halifax clinic can schedule appointments for these …

Watching Dr. Danielle Behn Smith kneel in the Namibian dirt, helping women of the
Ovahakaona tribe dig out the root of a tree, you realize that this is neither a typical television …

Storage of cord blood from their babies can cost parents several hundred dollars, and some
private companies are already offering the service. Janis Hass reports that some Canadian …

Jane Carter was at her home near Nairobi, Kenya, when she heard the boom." I didn't think
anything of it, but as I was driving to work traffic was flowing out of the city, which was …

Kathy Hunter, a consultant for children's programs in the Northwest Territories, says poor
food selection and high costs are the main culprits. Health Canada studies indicate that the …

Seven years ago, Dr. John Collins realized that his prostate cancer patients needed more
than just his counsel to deal with the disease, so he helped start a support group." We're our …

Forty-five years later, the well-known child psychiatrist still spends most of his summers as
director at the camp, which was founded near Perth, Ont., in 1922 to cater to poor and …

Imagine if you could comparison shop when choosing a hospital. That's already the case in
some parts of the US, and the United Kingdom is proposing hospital report cards by year's …