Health

As criticism mounts just days before the launch of a digital pilot project in two CIUSSSs, health-care professionals are highlighting the benefits of this controversial new system. The Digital Health...

The Quebec psychiatrists’ association (AMPQ) has come out in support of Bill 23, which aims to relax the criteria for the involuntary hospitalization of a person in crisis. The government’s bill...

The Ordre des pharmaciens du Québec (OPQ) recommended on Wednesday that energy drinks be removed from pharmacies. “The combination of psychostimulants and caffeinated energy drinks poses cardiovascular...

Hantavirus is a rare but potentially deadly virus carried by rodents, and a recent outbreak aboard a cruise ship near Cape Verde has renewed global attention on how it spreads and what risks it poses —...

Too many parents are still unaware of the negative effects that screens can have on the development of their young children, laments Quebec's speech therapy and audiologists association (AQOA). Numerous...

Health Canada has approved the second generic version of brand-name Ozempic, this one manufactured by Canadian company Apotex. The authorization comes just three days after Health Canada approved the...

Hospitalizations caused by respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) more than doubled in 2022–2023 compared to the years preceding the pandemic, according to a new study conducted by researchers at the research...

Montreal Children’s Hospital’s Child Life Department -- the first of its kind in North America -- is celebrating 90 years since its founding. Since 1936, the department has helped children and teens...

As the stress test is in full swing and the participant is giving it her all on the treadmill, Marie-Ève Piché abruptly stops the exercise: an arrhythmia has just appeared on the electrocardiogram scrolling...