Healthcare

It’s a good reminder that today’s wonder drug may be tomorrow’s problem drug.

Health Minister Sylvia Jones recently directed the College of Nurses of Ontario to develop plans to more quickly register internationally educated professionals within two weeks.

Training was seen as a barrier to access methadone for pain management.

A 'Dear Caregivers' letter from Toronto's Sick Kids Hospital could flood doctors' offices with requests for prescriptions for kids' pain relievers. Pharmacist Kristen Watt offers some critical information to share with patients.

Britain's health officials have not yet decided whether or not the tweaked vaccine will be used in its fall strategy.

Full four years now offered in Regina.

The province is also expanding when paramedics can safely and effectively provide treatment, starting with minor acute illnesses and injuries such as falls, and chronic conditions such as diabetes and epilepsy.