Health

Allergy season is starting earlier, lasting longer and is intensifying

If you're among the many people out there struggling with red, itchy eyes and a plugged-up nose, welcome to allergy season. Dr. Stephanie Liu, a Calgary-based family physician, tells 1130 NewsRadio...

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B.C. opioid rules were to reduce overdoses. But they cut cancer patients' pain meds

Rule changes designed to reduce opioid overdose deaths in British Columbia in 2016 inadvertently harmed cancer and palliative-care patients by reducing their access to pain killers, a new study has found. The...

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Federal judge says cull of 400 ostriches at B.C. farm hit by avian flu can proceed

A Federal Court judge has tossed out a challenge that would have stopped the killing of about 400 ostriches on a British Columbia farm that suffered an outbreak of avian flu. 

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BC Nurses' Union says province can't recruit its way out of shortage

The BC Nurses Union says it's good news that the province is working to recruit doctors and nurses from the U.S. but says there's more work to do.

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Woman files complaint, considers legal action after elderly father hurt at B.C. hospital

A Vancouver woman is sharing her heartbreaking health care story as her father remains in the hospital almost a month after being admitted. Over the Easter long weekend, Denise Kainz tells 1130 NewsRadio...
New federal health minister will have work cut out for them: advocate

Prime Minister Mark Carney will name his new cabinet on Tuesday after winning last month's federal election, and with that, will come the appointment of a new health minister. The previous minister,...
'Trump's loss is B.C.'s gain': Eby says province succeeding in recruiting nurses, doctors

The strain on B.C.'s health-care system may soon be getting some reprieve.
How does a community respond to mental health, safety needs following Lapu-Lapu Day tragedy?

Editor’s Note: This story contains references to suicide. If you or a loved one is at risk of self-harm, Canada’s mental health helpline can be reached at 988 and the BC Crisis Centre at 1-800-784-2433....
Canadian researchers reach 'major milestone' in search for ALS treatment

Standing in an MRI control room packed with fellow ALS researchers, Dr. Lorne Zinman excitedly points to the brain scan on his phone. There's a white spot on the image, right where Bill Traynor's motor...
City of Delta calling on the province to establish new Urgent and Primary Care Centres

The City of Delta is again calling on BC's Ministry of Health to establish two Urgent and Primary Care Centres, saying the need is greater than ever before.