Chest Pain

• Nitroglycerin spray helps Canadians with heart conditions, but the medication is in short supply

  Nitroglycerin spray is in short supply across the country due to supply issues with raw materials used to make it as well as an increase in demand.

  Health

  Mar 21, 2023
  
• New life-saving equipment en route for North Okanagan, Lake Country paramedics

  New life-saving equipment will soon be available for paramedics to use in the North Okanagan and Lake Country.

  Health

  Feb 25, 2021
  
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• New coronavirus symptoms include headaches, loss of taste and smell

  As more people are tested positive for the virus, medical experts note that patients are experiencing additional symptoms.

  Lifestyle

  Apr 11, 2020
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• How to know if your chest pain is something serious

  Some people can feel chest pain if they are having gallbladder issues.

  Lifestyle

  Sep 8, 2019
• Your risk of heart attack spikes after winter snowstorms, shovelling snow: Canadian study

  Timely new research is warning that heavy snowfall and shovelling after a major snowstorm increases risk of going to the hospital for a heart attack, especially for men.

  Health

  Feb 13, 2017
• Why your risk of heart attack, stroke or chest pain spikes 2 days after a snowstorm

  While cardiac wards may not be busy during a major snowstorm, new research suggests that two days a healthy dosage of snowfall, hospitals see a spike in heart attacks, strokes and chest pain.

  Health

  Feb 1, 2017
• New rule could take 1 in 3 chest pain patients out of hospital beds

  In a new Canadian study, scientists put a rule to the test that would free up one-third of emergency room beds given to chest pain patients.

  Canada

  Jan 30, 2017