By Allyson Chiu February 28, 2020 [Excerpt] The condition known as long covid continues to frustrate its sufferers, baffle scientists and alarm people who are concerned about being infected by the coronavirus. The term, a widely used catchall phrase for persistent symptoms that can range from mild to debilitating and last for weeks, months or longer, is […]
Two seniors were told they would need to pay $4,600 each to keep seeing their family doctor after he moved to a Telus clinic. [Note: text in blue are hot links] Andrew MacLeod February 28 – 2022 / TheTyee.ca Andrew MacLeod is The Tyee’s Legislative Bureau Chief in Victoria and […]
[Excerpt] Waves of extreme heat, which are on the rise due to climate change, are linked to an uptick in emergency room visits for mental health conditions, a new study has determined. On such hotter-than-normal days over the past decade, emergency department check-ins for any mental health condition surged by 8 percent in comparison to […]
[Excerpt] Waves of extreme heat, which are on the rise due to climate change, are linked to an uptick in emergency room visits for mental health conditions, a new study has determined. On such hotter-than-normal days over the past decade, emergency department check-ins for any mental health condition surged by 8 percent in comparison to […]
The BC Academic Health Science Network (BC AHSN) is committed to providing BC’s health research community with the best possible provincial resources during the COVID-19 pandemic, and beyond. To help meet this commitment, we’ve created this page, which will help you navigate our unified response from the research community during COVID-19. Together with the BC Ministry […]
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https://hospicecoha.org/ Executive Director – Natasha Girard natasha@hospicecoha.org 250-763-5511 ext 103. Help Make a Difference There are many ways to get involved to help the dying, grieving and their loved ones in the Central Okanagan. Volunteer Donate Programs & Services If you are living with a serious illness, caregiving for someone living with a serious illness or grieving the […]
Marcy Cohen is a research associate with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives and an adjunct faculty member in Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University. She has co-authored a number of research and policy studies looking at public solutions to the current challenges in our health care system. To read some of Marcy’s work, click […]