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From reading dreams to helping locked-in patients — what the future of EEG could look like

The brainwave-reading technology of EEG helps monitor people with epilepsy and can detect when we’re dozing off behind the wheel…

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Health

Former Manitoba doctor sentenced to 12 years for sexually assaulting patients

A former family doctor has been sentenced to 12 years for sexually assaulting seven women during medical appointments and examinations in Ste.…

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Politics

Doug Ford’s joke about sending overflow patients to vet draws ire

Ontario’s opposition parties are criticizing Premier Doug Ford for joking about sending “overflow” human patients to a new animal hospital.…

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Health

More than 70 per cent of dentists now accepting patients through Canadian Dental Care Plan

More than 70 per cent of dentists are now accepting patients through Canada’s new public dental insurance program — a significant increase over…

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Canada

Canadian patients’ needs are increasingly complex. Health care should reflect that: CMA

More Canadians should receive their main health care through teams of professionals so their increasingly complex needs can be met…

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Health

Fake nurse pleads guilty to assaulting patients by IV injection

A fake nurse who treated nearly 1,000 patients at medical facilities in Vancouver and Victoria wept Friday as she pleaded…

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Canada

Whitehorse hospital patients being treated in offices, hallways during latest capacity surge

The Whitehorse General Hospital is experiencing another capacity surge.  A bulletin posted to the Yukon Hospital Corporation website Thursday says…

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Health

Paxlovid pricey for Alberta pharmacies to stock and tougher for patients to find

Concerns are growing in Alberta about the accessibility and affordability of Paxlovid, after the federal government ended its program supplying…

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Nova Scotia

New collaborative care clinic in Antigonish will serve 10,000 patients

Nova Scotia·New The clinic, set to open in 2025, will have more than 30 health-care professionals and support staff. New…

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Nova Scotia

With expansion of phone app, Nova Scotia patients can access a suite of health info

Information on hospital visits and other medical records is now available for Nova Scotians through the province’s mobile phone application…

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