Women's Health Care

• Can ‘the pill’ affect mood? Why some women are ditching their birth control

  Moodiness is one of the most common side effects reported by those taking the pill, and though the supporting evidence is mounting, scientific literature can’t confidently say why.

  Lifestyle

  Aug 25, 2023
  
• ‘Come as you are’: New Vancouver clinic focuses on affirming, trauma-informed care

  The CAYA Health Centre opened in April to fill what its founders perceived as a gap in services for patients who don't always fit the norms.

  Health

  Jun 7, 2023
  
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• Abortion or carry to term? Most women say they made the right decision, poll suggests

  A new Angus Reid poll highlights the sheer number of Canadians who have experienced an unwanted pregnancy or know someone who has, and the decisions those women have made.

  Health

  Nov 22, 2022
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• Quebec woman claims she’s been denied tubal ligation surgery

  For the past 10 years, 29-year-old Elizabeth Emond says she has talked to about 30 doctors and all have declined to provide tubal ligation surgery.

  Health

  Jul 18, 2022
• Women say B.C.’s health care system doesn’t meet their needs, overlooks concerns: report

  More than half of respondents felt a physician had overlooked or diminished their symptoms — in most cases treating the issue as psychological rather than physical.

  Health

  Oct 10, 2019
• Manitoba PCs promise to improve women’s health care

  Mammogram patients will also receive breast density information “more easily”, the PCs said in a news release.

  Politics

  Aug 25, 2019