Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre (RVH) is proud to launch the ASKmeGOC Goals of Care Consult Service – an innovative, ...

Canada can learn from England’s successful diabetes prevention program to build its own programs to tackle diabetes prevention across the country, argue authors in an analysis in CMAJ (Canadian ...

Mutations (blue) in U2 snRNA cause a neurodevelopmental disorder about one-fifth as common as the RNU4-2/ReNU disorder, which is linked to mutations (orange) in U4 snRNA. snRNAs are shown in black, ...

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Health care is continually advancing, with new technologies and techniques being developed regularly. This ongoing evolution can pose challenges for healthcare practitioners who must learn and adopt ...

For many of us, getting a vaccine or other routine injection is not a pleasant experience. But there’s something comforting about the injection site being wiped with an alcohol swab. Other than ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has increased the mental and physical demands on our frontline healthcare workers. In what was already known to be a physically and mentally demanding work environment, staff are ...

Despite spending more on health care than most other developed countries with universal coverage, Canada has a relatively short supply of doctors and hospital beds—and the longest wait times, finds a ...

“What do I say to a nurse in tears with a pressure injury on her nose from her PPE who is asking for a break after looking after COVID-19 patients when you are already down 3 or 4 nurses?” – Nurse ...

Benzodiazepines are often listed as one of the most prescribed or dispensed drug classes. In 2016, a special report on top drugs of 2015 showed that some of the agents in this drug class are among the ...

Over the past 12 hours, Sarah has experienced increased reflexes, sweating, nausea, tremors, agitation, and involuntary side-to-side eye movements. Her medical history includes depression and chronic ...