A day after Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston announced a second medical school for the province, people around Cape Breton are still celebrating. Many feel…
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Stock Traders Buy Large Volume of Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund Put Options (NYSEARCA:XLV)
Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund (NYSEARCA:XLV – Get Rating) saw some unusual options trading on Friday. Investors acquired 27,964 put options on the stock.…
Continue Reading....Nova Scotia health care: Changes announced to improve care in ERs
Nova Scotia has announced extra resources to relieve the pressure on strained emergency departments, following the recent deaths of two women who waited hours for…
Continue Reading....Health Care Enrollment Up 17% at VA Since Passage of Toxic Exposure Law
More than 144,000 US veterans have enrolled in the Department of Veterans Affairs health care since last August, an increase of 21,000 patients over the…
Continue Reading....Government health line referring patients to virtual-only doctors
When the Ontario government reduced the fees paid to doctors for virtual-only appointments in December, it was said the reason was to encourage family physicians…
Continue Reading....Quebec health minister apologizes for end-of-life care for Robert Bourassa’s widow at St. Mary’s Hospital
The regional health board that oversees St. Mary’s Hospital in Montreal says it will conduct an internal investigation into the end-of-life care the widow of…
Continue Reading....Poor health care experiences lead caregivers to self-medicate, study shows
Credit: Josep Suria/Shutterstock Caregivers need care, too. And now, researchers from Japan have found that their experience with health care professionals while caring for someone…
Continue Reading....As Ontario looks to private health care, BC reinvests in its public system
A bed is moved in the COVID-19 intensive care unit at St. Paul’s hospital in downtown Vancouver, on April 21, 2020.JONATHAN HAYWARD/The Canadian Press One…
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