health

When Bria Barrows was diagnosed with depression as a high school student, her family struggled to talk about mental health issues. Since then, she has learned that talking leads to healing. Source link

Dojo Blainville has designed a program for seniors to help prevent injury in the case of a fall. Source link

Teva Canada is recalling two lots of Seasonique and one lot of Seasonale prescription birth control pills as a precaution after the company received a complaint about a package missing an entire blister card of pills, Health Canada says. Source link

Manitoba saw 44 confirmed cases of measles during the first week of February, as well as an exposure at the Feb. 4 Winnipeg Jets game, the province’s latest measles reports say. Source link

If the measles outbreak continues to get worse, rural health-care facilities in southwestern Manitoba might not have the capacity to house all the sick, according to a Neepawa family physician. Source link

A Winnipeg man whose mother, 94, was assaulted by another patient at St. Boniface Hospital says hospitals need to re-evaluate how patients are paired in shared rooms. Source link

The union representing health-care administrative professionals has filed a grievance over the contracting out of union work. Source link

Thousands of private well owners in New Brunswick may be finding out they’ve got a problem that will cost hundreds of dollars to fix, now that New Brunswick has aligned its drinking water guidelines with Health Canada. Updates include a 2019 warning that too much manganese can be harmful to children. Source link

Manitoba’s health system is inundated with surging flu rates and an ongoing measles outbreak, the province’s chief public health officer says. Source link

A delegation representing caregivers in the Oceanside region of mid-Vancouver Island delivered a petition to Qualicum Beach town council on Wednesday asking for more respite and seniors care facilities in the area. Source link