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British Columbia has turned its eye toward luring doctors and nurses from the United States to move north in what Health Minister Josie Osborne is calling an “unprecedented” recruitment opportunity. Osborne says the province is changing its licensing rules so U.S.-trained doctors can begin practising in B.C. right away, without any …
Read More »Use of psychedelics is on the rise in Canada. Doctors are starting to look at long-term risks, benefits
WARNING: This story mentions suicide. People who take prohibited psychedelics such as psilocybin or LSD and go to the emergency department for care show a higher risk of death within five years compared with Canada’s general population, a new study suggests. Psychedelics are a subclass of hallucinogenic drugs. In the last …
Read More »Sick of sick notes: Doctors say scrapping paperwork would save time better spent on patients
The Cure is a CBC News series examining strategies provinces and territories are using to tackle the primary care crisis. With Canada currently in the depths of the cold and flu season and COVID continuing to spread year round, frustrated doctors say they don’t want to waste time writing notes …
Read More »Canadians need doctors. These strategies from around the country aim to find them
The Cure is a CBC News series examining strategies provinces and territories are using to tackle the primary care crisis. Kristen Walsh pores over the journal she uses to log everything she can about managing her multiple chronic medical conditions without a family doctor. Walsh, who lives in Conception Bay …
Read More »Pope to remain hospitalized as doctors tackle ‘complex’ situation, Vatican says
Doctors have changed treatment for Pope Francis’s respiratory tract infection to tackle a “complex clinical situation” and he will remain in hospital for as long as necessary, the Vatican said on Monday. “The results of the tests carried out in recent days and today have demonstrated a polymicrobial infection of …
Read More »Ontario parties are promising family doctors for all. Compare the plans
All the main parties in the Ontario election campaign are promising to ensure everyone in the province has access to a family doctor. For the voters who care deeply about this issue, the question of which party can turn the promise into reality will likely be top of mind when …
Read More »Behind ER doors: How this northeastern Ontario hospital is using non-financial incentives to recruit doctors
This is the second in a two-part series looking at what it takes to deliver emergency care in the central Manitoulin region in Ontario. You can find Part 1 here and in a link below. While rural northeastern Ontario hospitals compete financially for visiting temporary doctors to keep their emergency rooms open, some …
Read More »Doctors in Halton can now prescribe nature ‘to help people have a better quality of life’
If you’re in Halton, Ont., your doctor can now prescribe that you touch some grass. Conservation Halton has partnered with Halton Healthcare and PaRx to offer up to 10 free visits to conservation areas in the region when receiving a prescription for nature. “Anything that we can do to help people …
Read More »Doctors call for more scurvy testing in B.C. in light of vitamin C deficiency data
Nearly 700 people in British Columbia have been reported to have a vitamin C deficiency in the past decade, according to data obtained by CBC News, prompting doctors to raise questions about the prevalence of scurvy — a life-threatening disease thought to be a thing of the past — in the province. CBC …
Read More »Insurers fighting injury claims hire doctors slammed for shoddy work as key medical experts
Doctors called out for being biased, faulty or careless expert witnesses in court are being hired by insurance companies looking to deny injury claims for people hurt in car crashes. Jonathan Graul, from Fergus, Ont., says he found himself under attack in court by two doctors hired by insurance giant …
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