Pediatric patients at Cape Breton Regional Hospital will soon join the Upopolis network, an innovative social media platform that helps young patients safely and securely access youth-friendly medical content, and stay connected with other patients as well as their families and friends while undergoing care.
Public Health is investigating a confirmed travel-related case of measles and asking people who may have been exposed and notice measles symptoms to call for further instructions.
Nova Scotia Health Authority palliative care physician, Dr. David Henderson has been honoured as the 2017 recipient of the Honourable Sharon Carstairs Palliative Care Award of Excellence in Advocacy.
Jim Antle started in-hospital dialysis treatment for advanced kidney disease at age 65. This meant spending three days a week at the hospital, a 30-kilometre drive each way from New Waterford to Cape Breton Regional Hospital in Sydney. A few months after starting dialysis, Antle changed to at-home treatment. More than three years later, he can’t imagine going back.
New province-wide information on the number of people who do not have access to a family practice is guiding Nova Scotia Health Authority’s (NSHA) efforts to recruit professionals and expand access to primary care.
New province-wide information on the number of people who do not have access to a family practice is guiding Nova Scotia Health Authority’s (NSHA) efforts to recruit professionals and expand access to primary care.
Going to the Clay Café, swimming in the local wellness centre, bowling, making healthy meals together or tobogganing in the backyard—the new weekend respite program for children and youth with varying abilities does it all.
With Nova Scotia having the oldest Canadian population demographic, physiotherapist Wendy Lee Hamilton and her Senior LINCS team were inspired to create a program to get mobility-impaired older adults living in rural areas moving, by getting in some indoor recreational walking during the long winter months.
Alix Speirs and her son were stuck on the continuous poverty cycle of feast then famine.
Living on a low income, when she got money she would spend it on pre-made and junk food right away, without saving anything for the following weeks.
