Tag Archives: health

Saskatchewan HIV/AIDS patients will soon have a new place to get the care they need. The province's first care home will open up a 10-bed house in Saskatoon in November. The home will provide hea...

In the birthplace of Medicare, NDP Tom Mulcair is making another significant healthcare-related promise in Saskatchewan. After being greeted by cheers and whistles in a packed room at the Regina Senio...

Staff reacted quickly when high levels of carbon monoxide (CO) were detected at the Jubilee Lodge long-term care facility in Kinistino on Thursday morning. At about 5:30 a.m., CO alarms were activated...

When she was 13 years old, Laura Cone was put on birth control to help ease the intense pain she experienced during menstruation. It took eight years for her to find out why it wouldn't go away. Cone,...

Construction is moving forward on the Children's Hospital of Saskatchewan. Contractor Graham Construction and Engineering LP began setting up on the site this week. Over the coming weeks, they'll...

While Health Canada threatens to shut down a Saskatoon dispensary, a woman named Bobby with myopic who suffers from extreme pain prays the shop stays open. "I have a rare eye condition and with it com...

As Saskatoon's medical pot dispensary enters its first month in business, licensed producers under Health Canada are calling for its closure. "The whole thing isn't regulated in any shape or form so h...

Scientists at the University of Saskatchewan have partnered with a Harvard Medical School affiliate to work on a promising treatment for Parkinson's disease. The research involves using adult stem cel...

As families reflect on Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, a Saskatoon mother is helping raise awareness about the harsh realities of children who survive the disease. Carolyn Anderson's son Micah was d...

A new national nursing licensing exam has fewer students passing, but Saskatchewan institutions aren't worried yet. From January to the end of June, 195 Saskatchewan nursing students - less than 30 pe...