Tag Archives: health

No one should be surprised that football players still hide their concussion symptoms from the team. It's the competitive nature of the game, knowing there is someone looking to replace them and if th...

A state-of-the-art connector tunnel was built to ease access for ailing seniors to get from the long-term care facility to the Cypress Regional Hospital in Swift Current, but that isn't exactly what i...

TORONTO - Since mid-November, dozens of people have become ill and two people have died in Canada and the U.S. due to infection with E. coli 0157:H7, which has been linked in this country to contamina...

A review of scientific literature suggests those who believe "man flu" is more intense than the female version have some evidence to back up their views. An article published by a Canadian physician i...

It'll take until almost the end of the flu season for doctors to know just how effective getting the shot was in battling the illness. "We cannot predict how efficient the flu vaccine (will) be this y...

OTTAWA - Health Canada offered hints Tuesday about the government's plans for legal pot, including, plain packaging and stern, stark health warnings like those found on tobacco products. The departmen...

Flu season is here and many flu shot clinics are popping up around the Queen City. "The big thing is to not only protect yourself from getting the flu, but to prevent the spread to others," said Andre...

Saskatchewan bishops have sent out a new letter regarding the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine after parents mistakenly received one that hadn't been updated in about a decade. On Sept. 25, a letter...

  More cases of whooping cough are being confirmed in the Moose Jaw area. The Five Hills Health Region is confirming 67 lab-proven cases of pertussis, more commonly known as whooping cough due to...

The Saskatchewan government is backing down on more cuts announced in its belt-tightening budget. The province says it will not go ahead with a planned 10 per cent funding cut to community-based organ...