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Canadian pharmacists say a shortage of medications that contain oxycodone is expected to continue into the new year, while supply of another type of painkiller has increased since a countrywide disruption in the summer. Source link

The B.C. Ministry of Health says it has directed Island Health to reinstate key staff positions that were cut for a program that is part of British Columbia’s strategy for mental health and substance use care. Source link

A quiet, and often subtle, form of discrimination called ageism is shaping the daily lives of many older Nova Scotians. Source link

An addictions medicine advocate in Sydney says it’s been nearly four months since Nova Scotia Health temporarily reduced the outpatient detox service at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital and people needing help with substance-use withdrawal cannot wait any longer. Source link

The inquest into the death of a Wiikwemkoong First Nation man at the Sudbury Jail has exposed long-standing, Ontario-wide failures in correctional health care, say advocates and correctional officers. For inmates to have a chance at getting out and being productive, “they need to be well,” says the John Howard Society of Sudbury’s CEO. Source […]

With ladder falls remaining a significant cause of workplace accidents and deaths, an Ingersoll, Ont., man describes how he’s battling back after suffering life-altering injuries six years ago. Source link

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