Nearly eight in ten Canadians have used alternative medicines: survey – Fraser Institute
April 25, 2017 Press Release VANCOUVER—More and more Canadians are using complementary and alternative medicines and therapies—such as massage, yoga, acupuncture and chiropractic care— and they’re using them more frequently,…
Expanding Pharmacy Services Could Save Canada’s Health Care System Billions of Dollars By 2035 – The Conference Board of Canada
Press Release Ottawa, April 25, 2017—Changes to pharmacy legislation and standards have occurred in the provinces and territories over recent years, creating the opportunity for community pharmacists to take on an…
Emergency opioid treatment NARCAN(TM) Nasal Spray added to NIHB Program in Canada
Press Release Registered First Nations and recognized Inuit now have access to additional naloxone treatment MISSISSAUGA, ON, April 24, 2017 – Adapt Pharma Canada, the makers of NARCAN™ (naloxone) Nasal Spray…
Health Reports – Housing conditions and respiratory hospitalizations among First Nations people in Canada
Press Release April 19, 2017 This study examines whether First Nations Aboriginal identity is associated with a greater likelihood of hospitalization for selected respiratory conditions when adjusting not only for…
CAMH Responds to Federal Cannabis Bill C-45
CAMH Responds to Federal Cannabis Bill C-45 TORONTO, April 18, 2017 – As Canada’s leading academic health science centre specializing in addiction and mental health, the Centre for Addiction and…
Health in the North: Inequities in health and health care
Press Release TORONTO, April 18, 2017 – The life expectancy rates for those living in northern Ontario continue to be lower and mortality rates higher than the rates in the…
Canada takes action to legalize and strictly regulate cannabis
Press Release Proposed legislation would provide regulated and restricted access to cannabis and crack down on impaired driving April 13, 2017 Ottawa, ON Government of Canada The current approach to cannabis does…
Costs of Treating Pneumonia Will More Than Double By 2025 – Conference Board of Canada
Press Release Ottawa, April 10, 2017—Due to rising health care costs and an aging population, the number of hospitalized cases and the total cost of treating pneumonia is expected to…
Hospitality Network Canada (2011) Inc. (HNCI) is pleased to announce a collaborative partnership agreement with Avizia to distribute and sell its end-to-end telehealth platform in Canada
Press Release MISSISSAUGA, ON, April 10, 2017 – Hospitality Network Canada (2011) Inc. (HNCI) a healthcare solutions company with 50 years of delivering technology innovation in hospitals and senior care…
Report Highlights Severe Crisis with 30% Increase in Homelessness in Metro Vancouver Region – BCNHPA
Homelessness most severe for Aboriginal people and seniors VANCOUVER, BC (April 10, 2017) The Preliminary Data Report for the 2017 Homeless Count in Metro Vancouver, prepared by BC Non-Profit Housing…
