Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 18hCanada's health ministers say federal funding extension only delays looming 'fiscal cliff', Ian Froese reports. Read more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth 041 4
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 17/10/2026Canada has something to learn from U.S. healthcare — but it’s not what you think, Jason M. Sutherland writes. Read this article at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth 141 4
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 16/10/2026What parents need to know about childhood vision problems and uneven provincial coverage, Maria Sarrouh reports. Read more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth 040 4
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 16/10/2026Manitoba will hire up to 90 family doctors by 2029 with $6M in federal funding, CBC reports. Read more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth 065 6
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 16/10/2026Do you sleep in on weekends? Experts say it may have health benefits — but 97 is the magic number, Kevin Jiang reports. Read more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth 030 3
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 16/10/2026Hot flashes, night sweats, insomnia – OB-GYNS set new rules for menopause treatment, Shannon Firth reports. Read more at canadahealthwatch.ca #WomensHealth #Menopause 0103 10
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 16/10/2026Hunters take issue with Saskatchewan’s plan to end chronic wasting disease testing, Jeremy Simes reports. Find out more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth 030 3
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 16/10/2026WHO issues warning of measles spreading in Americas. Here’s how Canadians could be affected, Christl Dabu reports. Read more at canadahealthwatch.ca #PublicHealthCA #MeaslesCA 0103 10
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 16/10/2026What to know about listeria after a nationwide recall for cheese, Heather Wright reports. Find out more at canadahealthwatch.ca #PublicHealthCA #Listeria 096 9
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 16/10/2026Health ministers say one-year extension of mental health, home care funding not enough, Temur Durrani and Kristy Kirkup report. Read more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth 051 5
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 16/10/2026Health ministers united in calling for federal funding certainty despite extension, Ian Bickis reports. Read more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth 021 2
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 15/10/2026Yes, obesity is a problem – but a greater one is the food industry and its greed. By Prof Kent Buse, Hugo Harper, Dr. Pawan Randev and Patricia Hampton. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth 082 8
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 15/10/2026Free period products in schools help girls and young women, but only when they’re available, Kamilla Bonnesen, Olivia Cooke and Tracy Vaillancourt write. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #WomensHealth 0144 14
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 15/10/2026Make a 'sick day' kit for cold and flu season before your household gets hit, Andee Tagle reports. Read more at canadahealthwatch.ca #PublicHealthCA 4114 11
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 15/10/2026Chips, cereals and frozen meals could raise risk of brain damage and dementia, study finds, Adrian Ghobrial reports. Read more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth #BrainHealth 1117 11
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 15/10/2026We know junk food isn't healthy, but scientists are trying to determine if it's also bad for our brains, Nick Logan reports. Find out more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth 134 4
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 15/10/2026Health ministers meet in Winnipeg after Ottawa announces funding extension, Ian Bickis reports. Find out more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth 040 4
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 15/10/2026Flu vaccine appointments are now open in Quebec as early flu season looms, Marieke Glorieux-Stryckman reports. Read more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth #PublicHealthCA 063 6
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 15/10/2026Ottawa to extend $1.2B in funding for home care, mental health services, The Canadian Press reports. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth #HealthFunding 034 4
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 15/10/2026Nearly 2,000 young nurses left the profession in Quebec in 2024, Robin Della Corte reports. Read more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth 143 4
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 14/10/2026A mentally healthy workforce builds a strong country, Marion Cooper writes. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #MentalHealthCA 120 2
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 14/10/2026Canada needs to look beyond kids and social media to address online harms, Natalie Brender writes. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #MentalHealthCA 051 5
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 14/10/2026Kenya confirms 2nd case of Ebola in relative of patient who died earlier this month, The Associated Press reports. Read more at canadahealthwatch.ca #EbolaOutbreak 074 7
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 14/10/2026Could GLP-1 drugs be anti-aging medications? By Brenda Goodman. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #PharmacareCA 000 0
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 14/10/2026More than half of doctors surveyed would leave an independent Alberta, Fakiha Baig reports. Find out more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth 0157 15
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 14/10/2026Ontario to change how people get safer-supply opioids, in bid to stop drugs being diverted to street, Omar Mosleh reports. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth 021 2
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 14/10/2026Quebec delays breast cancer screening expansion for women aged 45-49, Robin Della Corte reports. Find out more at canadahealthwatch.ca #WomensHealth 022 2
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 14/10/2026With a surge of influenza cases in Canada, this province rolled vaccines out earlier than normal, Paul Hollingsworth reports. Read more at canadahealthwatch.ca #PublicHealthCA 121 2
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 13/10/2026Canadians want more local news on health care; affordability tops national concerns, The Canadian Journalism Foundation reports. Read more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth 071 7
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 13/10/2026Why is Ottawa so hellbent on limiting access to MAID? By André Picard. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #MAID #MentalHealthCA 353 5
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 13/10/2026As a scientist, here’s what worries me about the suspected Russian plague victim, Devi Sridhar writes. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #PublicHealth #PneumonicPlague 197 9
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 13/10/2026Federal dental plan expands access, but patients still face costs, denials, and gaps in care, report finds. By Mzwandile Poncana. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth 152 5
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 13/10/2026Feeling sick? Why you may not be able to tell which virus you have, Archie Niari reports. Read this article at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth #PublicHealthCA 051 5
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 13/10/2026What’s behind the rise in medical tourism, and what Canadians should know, Christopher Liew writes. Read more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth 051 5
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 13/10/2026Flu, COVID-19 and RSV: What Canadians should know. By Nicole Ireland. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #PublicHealthCA 053 5
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 13/10/2026Embedding mental health care into primary care is an economic imperative, Lesley Lutes and Sabrina Wong write. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #MentalHealthCA 061 6
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 13/10/2026Complaint filed to medical regulator over MP saying fentanyl ‘readily available’ in MAID report, Hannah Alberga reports. Find out more at canadahealthwatch.ca #MAID 020 2
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 13/10/2026It’s proven to treat depression — but doctors hesitate to prescribe it. Researchers are trying to change that, Kerry Gillespie reports. Read more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth #MentalHealthCA 030 3
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 13/10/2026Measles is the most contagious disease known. Here's what to know if you're unsure about your immunity status, Maria Godoy reports. Read this article at canadahealthwatch.ca #MeaslesCA #PublicHealthCA 0147 14
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 13/10/2026Menopause can impact your eyes. Here's how, Stephanie Tsicos reports. Read more at canadahealthwatch.ca #WomensHealth #Menopause 185 8
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 13/10/2026Public health reports new measles case at Montreal airport and a hospital, Daniel J. Rowe reports. Find out more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth #MeaslesCA 174 7
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 13/10/2026Some women are turning to Mexico for endometriosis care, Jorge Barrera reports. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth #EndometriosisCare 031 3
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 12/10/2026Drug company promotion negatively affects how doctors prescribe: Insights from a new Cochrane review By Joel Lexchin, Alice Fabbri, Barbara Mintzes, and Quinn Grundy. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth 061 6
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 11/10/2026How governments can preserve trust while expanding access to vision care, Nina Ahuja writes. Read more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth #VisionCare 041 4
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 10/10/2026You have a higher chance of getting cancer at a younger age than your parents. So what went wrong? By Devi Sridhar. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth 081 8
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 09/10/20261 in 3 young Canadians use AI once a month for mental health, Uday Rana reports. Read more at canadahealthwatch.ca #DigitalHealth #MentalHealthCA 110 1
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 09/10/2026‘I feel like I’m being punished for doing well’: Calgary cancer patient seeks continued drug funding. By Kevin Green. Read this article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth #CancerCare 083 8
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 09/10/2026What you eat while on Ozempic is crucial, experts warn. Here’s how to avoid malnutrition, Kevin Jiang reports. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #PharmacareCA 033 3
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 09/10/2026Routine childhood vaccination coverage remains below level needed for population immunity, Alanna Smith reports. This article and more at canadahealthwatch.ca #PublicHealthCA 11610 16
Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 09/10/2026Unproven ‘cures’ pushed online amid plague concerns, AFP reports. Read more at canadahealthwatch.ca #PneumonicPlague 042 4