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While it usually only takes most Canadians a few days to adjust to the shift between daylight saving time and standard time, sleep experts say the constant time travel back and forth harms our sleep and has a negative affect on our body’s internal clocks.  Source link

Diabetes can be a difficult disease to manage. And for those who are homeless or lower-income, it’s even harder. Enter the diabetes mobile clinic in Calgary, where endocrinologist Dr. David Campbell and a team of health care and community program workers use a bus to take diabetes care where it’s needed. Source link

Egg freezing is seen by some as a way for women to take control of their fertility. Other experts, though, fear that the fertility industry is just profiting off the tension women feel between career and family building. Source link

Public health records for Ottawa and Toronto schools show that among the cohorts assessed this year, more than half of the students did not have up-to-date immunization records, which experts say exposes an antiquated system that’s unhelpful in the race to boost vaccination rates. Source link

Representatives of the Ontario’s air ambulance operation, Ornge, told a coroner’s inquest that it’s still impossible to meet the Ministry of Health’s timelines for transportation of critically ill patients in the north, although response times have improved since 2021. Source link

Beginning next week, the Saskatchewan Health Authority is expected to begin posting daily updates of all reported disruptions to emergency services in Saskatchewan, improving on the current system that only provides updates on service disruptions that have been ongoing for a week or longer.  Source link

Manitoba has attracted more doctors to the province over the past couple of years, but keeping them here is still an issue, a new report says. Source link

Manitoba has attracted more doctors to the province over the past couple of years, but keeping them here is still an issue, a new report says. Source link

This Halloween, a Hamilton family will join others in serving trick-or-treaters from the curb in an effort to make the experience more accessible. It’s part of a growing movement called Treat Accessibly, spearheaded by another Ontario family.  Source link

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says avian influenza has been found in five commercial poultry flocks in Manitoba, the first cases detected since early May. Source link