A large number of family medicine residency spots went unfilled in the first round of CaRMS matching, signaling that primary care is not a first choice for many in the next generation of doctors. Family medicine had the most number of unfilled spots nationwide, across all disciplines. Health reporter Katherine Ward has this story and more in Health Matters for March 22, 2024.
“I told myself I’m sure everyone bloats like this and I guess I’ll just live with it,” Jessica Hickmott said.
A pair of Montreal seniors are ripping into Quebec's health system after an experience that left them feeling upset and disrespected. The couple says they were left waiting for hours at a hospital, and the doctor they were waiting for had left. As Dan Spector reports, that's only part of the story.
"I wish more people talked about it so I wouldn't have felt like such an alien."
Charles Hurt told a panel on "The Five" that "you don't want to smell bad for other people," but insisted, "Showers are terrible for you."
The palace previously announced the king's cancer diagnosis on February 5.
The 24-year-old was trying to get to her neighbor’s house to call 911, police said.
Ah, Costco! Land of the massive amounts of toilet paper and giant muffins! The mega-retailer is known for its bulk shopping and major deals - so it makes sense that we should all take advantage. And...
At 24, Sarah-Jane Clark was a size 28, weighing over 21 stone (133kg), but over the next 20 years she went down to a size eight.
A dietitian says that pasta can be a delicious addition to a balanced diet — especially if you use these five tricks to make it even healthier.
Can an apple a day keep the doctor away? Any fruit or vegetable - as part of a well-balanced diet - can help to keep certain medical issues at bay.
I moved to Germany over a decade ago and had all my three kids here. My insurance covered everything but I didn't know who was attending my birth.
The federal government's latest budget sets aside $1.5 billion to implement pharmacare — a major financial commitment with the potential for a wide-ranging impact on the country's health-care system.The program, long demanded by the government's supply-and-confidence partners in the NDP, will start small by covering just two categories of drugs.For the program to get off the ground, the provinces and territories also will have to be on board.Ottawa has made a commitment to expand pharmacare — it
Five livestock experts who study infectious diseases in the dairy industry explain the risks.
Soldiers at Base Gagetown in New Brunswick and other members of the military across the country are being urged to ensure they and their families are up to date on their measles vaccinations.Maj.-Gen. Scott Malcolm, the surgeon general for the Canadian Armed Forces, issued a notice earlier this month to raise awareness of the risks and the importance of being vigilant."Measles is highly contagious – on average, one case leads to 18 more, if unvaccinated," he said in the memo, obtained by CBC New
Yet, a Buckingham Palace spokesperson specified it is "too early to say" how long his cancer treatment will continue, and no plans for this summer or fall "can be confirmed or guaranteed at this stage."
The Canadian province of British Columbia on Friday scrapped a much-criticized pilot program that allowed the open use of some illegal drugs, citing the need to maintain public safety. In January 2023, the province said it would stop prosecuting people for carrying small amounts of heroin, meth, ecstasy, or crack cocaine, as part of an effort to fight an overdose crisis. The program was supposed to last three years but last October, amid complaints about rising crime and the dangers posed by unsafe drug supplies, the province backtracked and unveiled plans to ban public use of illicit drugs.
The King is to return to public-facing royal duties, with his medical team "very encouraged" by the progress made in his cancer treatment.
Patients in the U.S. pay up to 15 times more for these drugs compared to in Canada, Europe or Japan.
Pepper loved the cooling caps so much, she wanted others to experience it as well. She donated more than $100,000 dollars to be able to purchase more machines.
Age is just a number. Or, in the era of immortality obsessed elites, it's just the number of bizarre, supposedly youth-preserving stem cell treatments you can afford. One celebrity to recently come clean about their dependence on these experimental treatments is British actor and comedian John Cleese. In an interview with Saga Magazine, the 84-year-old […]
