Ontario lagging in cardiac care
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Wendy Turnbull&#39;s relationship with the cardiac care system in Ontario will be a long-term affair. The 48-year-old Thunder Bay woman suffers from Type 1, or juvenile diabetes, and was diagnosed in 1997 with
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A national survey by three top doctors groups says Canadians access to health care is being limited by an extreme shortage of physicians.
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The health agreement reached between Ottawa and the provinces is a curious document. On the one hand, it puts Ottawa back in the game by committing the federal government to ratchet up its share of medicare funding.
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There are two ways to judge the recent health agreement reached among the federal government, the provinces and the territories. One is on substance: A fair analysis suggests the funding agreement will improve
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CALGARY - Millions of Canadians who purchase home blood-pressure monitoring devices without being effectively instructed in proper use may be endangering their heart health, according to a study to be presented yesterday at the Canadian Cardiovascular
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TORONTO - Health officials in at least two provinces are worried the increased demand for flu vaccine, triggered by publicity of the shortage in the United States, may lead to a shortfall in Canada this winter.
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The Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care should ask for its money back. It hired consultants to identify cost savings in the hospitals.
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The growth in health care spending by private employers slowed in recent years, creating some optimism that the employers had turned the corner in their struggle with rising costs. But any relief appears to have been short lived, according to a study to be released today.
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TORONTO (CP) - A national pharmacare program funded by the federal  government would indirectly result in shorter waiting lists, Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty said Monday.
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Canada slipped from 12th to 15th position in the survey conducted by the World Economic Forum. Canada&#39;s position has declined in five of the last six years, despite efforts by federal and provincial governments
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OTTAWA -- A federal pharmacare program would save the Ontario government $3.7 billion annually, freeing up money the province spends on drugs so it can invest in a plan to shorten hospital waiting times, Premier Dalton McGuinty said yesterday.
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By Hanah Cho, The Baltimore Sun  Sep. 17--At St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore, heart attack patients are receiving faster treatment.
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Canada needs to invest $1 billion over the next five years to reverse its serious shortage of doctors and ensure there will be enough health-care providers in future to reduce long waiting lists plaguing hospitals, the Canadian Medical Association says.
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The nationâs most common cardiac malfunction is increasingly being treated with expensive procedures.
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Patients aren&#39;t getting the clot-busting treatment they need on time, a study says. TORONTO -- Emergency room overcrowding is standing between heart attack patients and the clot-busting drugs they need to
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The nationâs most common cardiac malfunction, once thought harmless, is now treated with costly procedures.
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TORONTO - Hospital funding in Ontario has sparked a three-way fight between the health minister, the province&#39;s largest union and hospital administrators.