Emergency Room Visits

• Alcohol related health care visits spiked during pandemic in Ontario: study

  A new Ontario study suggests there was a spike in health-care visits related to alcohol during the pandemic.

  Health

  Feb 2, 2023
  
• Alcohol-related illness increases in Alberta since the start of the pandemic

  Increasing alcohol consumption is leading to serious liver problems for some Albertans. And the patients are getting younger.

  Health

  Jan 23, 2022
  
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• Teens who visit ER for self-harm more likely to come back to hospital, study finds

  Teens who visited an emergency room for self-harm were more likely to return to hospital or even die than those who had visited for other reasons, a new study has found.

  Health

  Nov 4, 2019
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• U of S researchers hope to lessen the severity of a fall among senior citizens

  University of Saskatchewan researchers focus on falls and how to prevent a tumble from becoming catastrophic for a senior citizen.

  Education

  Jan 23, 2017
• Opioid-related emergency room visits 57% higher in Alberta than Ontario: report

  The average length of stay in the hospital for opioid poisoning was eight days in 2014-2015.

  Health

  Nov 16, 2016
• Nova Scotia launches new portal to deliver health test results via smartphone

  Using the portal has saved patients from making trips to the doctor's office to get information -- they can now get in a quicker, more convenient way.

  Health

  Jul 28, 2016