Tag Archives: health

VANCOUVER - Dr. Nadine Caron says she hears difficult stories every day from some of her Indigenous patients in rural British Columbia facing a diagnosis of cancer. They tell her why they di...

WINNIPEG - The father of a junior hockey player left paralysed after an on-ice collision says the 19-year-old has been inspired by the outpouring of support he's received from the hockey communit...

Flu season is right around the corner, and starting today residents can do their part to protect themselves from illness. As of Monday the influenza vaccine is available at public health clinics acros...

As the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital (JPCH) prepares for the Sunday move-in date, there’s one service that the state-of-the-art facility won’t offer for pediatric patients. It won...

A volunteer CPR instructor with the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) violated a person's health privacy when she took a class of three students to a patient's Regina home as the patient was having ...

According to a new report, 33.4 per cent of children in Saskatchewan are obese. That's one of the findings contained in the report released Tuesday by the non-profit organization Children First Canada...

OTTAWA - Some MPs are warning the high-stress, high-stakes environment of politics coupled with relentless work schedules and bouts of politically motivated marathon voting and debating sessions are o...

Regina non-profit Wellness Wheel says its pilot project to get more people tested for HIV has been getting good reviews. Since December, a Regina pharmacy has been offering the test to everyone who wa...

A made-in-Saskatchewan data-mapping system will help STARS air ambulance crews find and treat patients more quickly. The donated system was built by Information Services Corporation. It was an idea fi...

A deadly flu season may have peaked over Christmas in Saskatchewan, but there is still time to get a flu shot for protection. The weekly provincial influenza report confirmed six people, including thr...