Health
Rick Hansen's Man in Motion anniversary tour concludes in Vancouver
By May 22, 2012 09:48 am 2 commentsVANCOUVER - It has been exactly 25 years since Canada's "Man in Motion," Rick Hansen, completed his round-the-world tour to raise funds for spinal cord research. Read more…
Filed inBC committee crosses Clark on cosmetic pesticide ban
By May 17, 2012 12:27 pm 9 commentsA year ago British Columbia Premier Christy Clark promised a province-wide ban on the cosmetic use of pesticides. But now the government majority on the bi-partisan committee she appointed on the topic has recommended against such a ban. Read more…
Ottawa offers help to suicide-pained Vancouver Island First Nation
By May 15, 2012 12:50 pm 4 commentsVICTORIA - The federal government is preparing to put together a relief plan for a B.C. First Nation that has declared a state of emergency over a disturbing spike in suicides and attempted suicides. Read more…
Forcing bodily fluid samples is an unnecessary intrusion: commissioner
By May 3, 2012 06:08 pm 4 commentsBritish Columbia's information and privacy commissioner, Elizabeth Denham, has panned a third piece of government legislation this week. Read more…
Clark's deal with feds costs BC taxpayers $154M a year: Schreck
By May 3, 2012 05:34 pm 2 commentsPremier Christy Clark's claim that she'd cut a good deal for British Columbians regarding changes to the federal government's transfer payments for health care doesn't pan out according to political analyst and former NDP David Schreck. Read more…
Filed inBC commissioner critical of animal health secrecy measures
By May 3, 2012 04:28 pmInformation and privacy commissioner Elizabeth Denham has sent her second letter this week criticizing a British Columbia government bill. Read more…
Pro-asbestos group closure hailed by labour advocate, NDP
By May 3, 2012 01:55 pm 7 commentsAn asbestos industry lobby group partially funded in the past by the Quebec and federal governments has indicated it will cease its operations. Read more…
Filed inDrug bill includes personal information grab: advocate
By April 30, 2012 05:36 pm 2 commentsA bill introduced to the British Columbia legislature as a way to lower the price of generic drugs also allows the government to hide its own records while "grabbing" people's personal information, an information and privacy advocate said. Read more…
Filed inAs feds 'sell' CETA, BC's Bell says he can't talk about trade agreement
By April 27, 2012 10:41 am 6 commentsThe British Columbia government is barred from talking publicly about a proposed free trade agreement between Canada and the European Union, Jobs, Tourism and Innovation Minister Pat Bell told The Tyee this week. Read more…
It will take a year to lower generic drug prices, says BC health minister
By April 25, 2012 05:32 pm 1 commentsBritish Columbia introduced legislation this week aimed at lowering the price of generic drugs, but Health Minister Michael de Jong said it will realistically be a year before those savings are realized.
NDP Leader Adrian Dix said the province's delay has already been costly. Read more…
Filed inThirty-three years of recommendations to end violence against women
By April 25, 2012 04:30 pmViolence against women continues to be a significant problem in Canada, and "if we don't take immediate action, more women and children are going to die," said Gisela Ruebsaat, legal analyst for The Ending Violence Association of BC (EVA BC). This National Victims of Crime Awareness Week, EVA BC has published a list of recommendations to stop violence against women in British Columbia, based on reports dating back to 1979, which are still needed today. Read more…
Filed inFederal cuts to health groups hurt marginalized women, say critics
By April 24, 2012 04:30 pm 3 commentsThe recent federal budget cuts will take a toll on the health of women across Canada, say the leaders of a number of women's health organizations who've recently had their funding slashed. Read more…
New law will save government money on drugs, says minister
By April 24, 2012 04:07 pmBritish Columbia Health Minister Michael de Jong has introduced legislation that he says will allow the province to reduce what it pays for generic drugs. Read more…
Filed inUBC Indigenous reporting class tackles Aboriginal health
By April 23, 2012 04:26 pmCanada's first Indigenous reporting class at the University of British Columbia has set out to prove the story of Aboriginal health issues in Canada isn't all doom and gloom with the release feature stories on Aboriginal health issues--and solutions--and a series of radio stories running on CBC this week. Read more…
Filed inBC expects to save money by paying for anti-smoking products
By April 18, 2012 01:00 pm 1 commentsBritish Columbia Health Minister Michael de Jong continues to argue that paying for anti-smoking products saves the province money, contradicting the findings of a major 2010 study. Read more…
Filed inGeneric drug legislation should limit dispensing fees and mark ups for all: CEO
By April 2, 2012 12:31 pm 2 commentsPromised legislation to control the cost of generic drugs in British Columbia should cover all payers, not just the government, said Pacific Blue Cross CEO Ken Martin. Read more…
Filed inConsistent funding necessary for health research body, says NDP's Dix
By March 21, 2012 02:26 pmThe Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research should be given stable, predictable funding to do its work, said British Columbia New Democratic Party Leader Adrian Dix. Read more…
Filed inHealth foundation awaits BC government funding decision
By March 20, 2012 09:51 amWith less than two weeks to go before the start of the new fiscal year, the provincial government has yet to decide how much money the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research will have to spend. Read more…
Filed inBC study finds mentally ill more likely to be arrested and harmed by police
By March 9, 2012 04:00 pm 8 commentsVANCOUVER - A British Columbia study suggests about 40 per cent of mentally ill people have been arrested at some point during their lifetime. Read more…
Filed inDemocrats shift tactics on women's health battleground
By March 8, 2012 01:05 pm 2 commentsAn Ohio state senator introduced a bill this week that would require men to provide a signed affidavit from a sex partner confirming symptoms of impotence before receiving prescriptions for Viagra or other erectile dysfunction drugs.
Senator Nina Turner says the bill aims to "protect men from the harmful effects of PDE-5 inhibitors. . . prescribed to men who are experiencing symptoms of male impotence" but also make a point about legislation limiting women's access to sexual and reproductive healthcare that has been proposed or passed by Republican lawmakers across the country. Read more…
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Drug company should have addressed shortage sooner: de Jong
Ombudsperson details senior care problems, government promises new advocate
Pharmaceutical giant to settle Canadian class action suit on Vioxx
BC has until April 1 to decide on forcing generic drug savings
Addict turned expert says mainstream view of addiction needs rethink
Cost stops one in 10 Canadians from taking prescribed medicines: study
Paying for nicotine replacement is poor use of public funds, says study
Right group given wrong oil and gas question, says BC MLA
'Stop the violence and play hockey': Canadian Medical Association Journal
Moms protest end of nurse home visits
HSA president predicts tough bargaining in 2012
Health authority cancels untendered contract to VP linked to Premier Clark
'Healthy immigrant effect' declines the longer a person lives in Canada, report shows
BC reviewing oil and gas industry health risks
BC Nurses Union insurgents don antique capes to protest raid on HEU
Vancouver doctor ordered to stop use of psychotropic plant brew in addictions treatment
Asian trip's aims include medical tourism and shared research
Health authority failed to protect workers from violence
Agreement reached on new B.C. First Nations health plan
Hospital Employees Union Survey is 'push polling': BCNU President
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Pesticide testing is rigorous, Health Canada tells BC committee
Premier Clark defends appointing Bennett to pesticide committee
Pesticide committee appointment worries environmental campaigner
Foe of 'eco-fascists' to chair cosmetic pesticide committee
UBCM rejects for-profit health moratorium
UBCM to vote on for-profit healthcare moratorium
Health Minister wrong on excessive health spending, "personal responsibility," says expert
De Jong emphasizes personal responsibility for health
BC to reopen negotiations on generic drug prices says minister
Routine HIV testing to be introduced at Vancouver hospitals
Canadian income gap widening faster than in US: Conference Board
Growth in health-care costs affecting Canadians' well-being: study
Assisted suicide challenge struck down by BC Supreme Court
Quebec grants funding extension to asbestos mine
American docs outspend Canadian counterparts almost 4-to-1 on insurance costs, says study
Burnaby medical marijuana shop raided by RCMP
Female workplace injuries on the rise: WorkSafeBC report
Safe injection sites needed across Canada to fight hepatitis: group
Doctors, nurses offer premiers health-reform principles for Vancouver meeting
New medical pot dispensary opens in Yaletown
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