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IWK breast cancer research team investigating why N.S. death rates are highest in Canada
The IWK is launching a new research unit aimed at helping patients with breast cancer across the province. The idea came from a surgical oncologist who wants to find out why Nova Scotia has the worst breast cancer mortality rates in the country.
Chester nursing home will have only 6 more beds than aging facility it's replacing
The foundation of the new long-term care facility in Chester, N.S., is nearly complete, a milestone in a development the community has wanted for nearly two decades. But the home won't add much capacity to the province's long-term care system.
1 case of measles confirmed in Nova Scotia
Case involves an adult who was exposed to measles while travelling to the United States.
Halifax hospitals face backlash from staff over parking woes
Two unions representing workers at Halifax hospital sites say parking problems for employees are so acute that it will become a staffing retention issue if solutions aren't found soon.
Nova Scotia hospitals to offer free parking starting May 1
Premier Tim Houston is going ahead with an election promise to eliminate all parking fees at hospitals in Nova Scotia, amid concerns of how the plan will work in some sites in the Halifax Regional Municipality.
Despite pausing international program, N.S. fast-tracking U.S. nurse licences
The regulatory body in charge of licensing nurses in Nova Scotia wants people to know that the door to American nurses is still wide open, despite a pause on a program that expedited international applications.
Food is medicine: IWK receives hundreds of suggestions on how to change menu
The IWK Health Centre says it is working toward a new menu that will emphasize locally sourced foods, and include more gluten-free and diverse options.
N.S. lung recipient says costs around transplant hammered retirement savings
A Nova Scotia woman recovering from a lung transplant says she had to take tens of thousands of dollars from her retirement fund in order to undergo a life-saving transplant because provincial medical allowances fall far short of her expenses.
Halifax dentists hand out adaptive products for kids with disabilities
From three-sided toothbrushes to flavourless toothpaste, a team at the IWK dentistry clinic says there are adaptive ways to help kids with disabilities brush their teeth, but the products are hard to find.
American doctors look to Nova Scotia amid Trump uncertainty
Nova Scotia's health authority says it has hired one doctor eager to leave the United States because of President Donald Trump, and is in talks with more than two dozen more.