Health

To Your Health: General Supplements

PRINCE GEORGE-In 2015 Stats Canada reported that just over 47 per cent of Canadians over the age of 19 consumed nutritional supplements in the previous month. They are very prolific in our lives in cu...

Jun 01, 2022

To Your Health: Seasonal Depression

Prince George-Seasonal affective disorder or seasonal depression as it is more commonly known is a mood disorder that is identified by general sadness and lethargy during times of bad weather. "Weathe...

May 24, 2022

To Your Health: Nutrition

PRINCE GEORGE-With the weather warming up and the heavy jackets coming off, spring salads and other food is making a return, but what should you be eating and when?Seasonal fruits and veggies will sta...

May 17, 2022

To Your Health: Lyme Disease

PRINCE GEORGE-Lyme disease is an inflammatory infection that spreads to humans through tick bites. Most often from a species called a Deer tick. The disease is caused by borrelia bacteria, which commo...

May 12, 2022

National Nursing Week not a time to celebrate: BCNU

PRINCE GEORGE - Monday marks the start of National Nursing Week in Canada, although now is not a time to celebrate according to the BC Nurses Union (BCNU).The union representing nearly 50,000 nurses i...

May 09, 2022

Spirit Day to feature pick your passion for healthcare this Thursday

PRINCE GEORGE - Spirit of the North Healthcare Foundation is pleased to announce the return of Spirit Day Thursday, May 5th, 2022. The much loved and greatly supported annual event will be running fro...

May 02, 2022

COVID-19 hospitalizations on the rise in latest update

VICTORIA-The province released its weekly COVID-19 update and is reporting another increase in covid positive patients in hospital.Five hundred seventy people are currently in hospital with covid, an ...

Apr 28, 2022

To Your Health: Testicular Cancer

PRINCE GEORGE-It is the most common type of cancer for men aged 18 to 40. As many as 1 in 200 men is expected to be diagnosed with testicular cancer in their lifetime but it is not all bad news as Doc...

Apr 26, 2022

NMP graduates 31 new doctors

PRINCE GEORGE - For the past fifteen years, graduates of the Northern Medical Program hands out a set of white coats and shingles and this year is no exception. Jessica Hatcher is born and raised in P...

Apr 21, 2022

New nurse-training process could aid the North

PRINCE GEORGE - Great first steps. That's how the Acting Chair of UNBC's School of Nursing describes yesterday's announcement with respect to loosening restrictions around bringing internationally-edu...

Apr 20, 2022