News releases from Health and Wellness issued in the specified time period (Page 30)
759 releases, showing 581 to 601 on page 30 of 38
Étude des habitudes alimentaires et de l'activité physique des jeunes
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Health and Wellness
Une étude effectuée auprès de plus de 1 500 élèves contribuera à mieux informer le gouvernement sur la façon d'aborder l'augmentation du taux d'obésité et de maladies chroniques évitables chez les jeunes.
Study Reveals Youth Physical Activity and Eating Habits
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Health and Wellness
A study of more than 1,500 students will better inform government on addressing the rise in obesity and preventable chronic disease among youth.
Le temps chaud peut entraîner une prolifération d'algues
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Environment / Health and Wellness
On demande aux Néo-Écossais d'être attentifs à la prolifération d'algues bleues qui peut se produire dans les rivières et les lacs de la province en période de temps chaud.
Warm Temperatures May Cause Algae Blooms
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Environment / Health and Wellness
Nova Scotians should be mindful of blue-green algae blooms that may appear in rivers and lakes across the province during warm weather.
Pictou County Seniors Benefit from Replacement Nursing Homes
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Health and Wellness
Seniors in Pictou County will receive long-term care in more home-like surroundings with the opening of two new replacement nursing homes in Trenton and Pictou.
Paramedics Honoured for Years of Service
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Health and Wellness
The province presented 47 Emergency Health Services paramedics long service awards today, May 22.
Province Adds New Stroke-treatment Drug to Pharmacare
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Health and Wellness
Nova Scotians being treated for abnormal heart rhythm caused by blood flow will have access to a new stroke-prevention drug under the provincial Pharmacare program.
Province, Capital Health Report Progress
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Health and Wellness / Justice
Provincial officials are reporting progress on a joint review of the circumstances in the release of a patient at East Coast Forensic Hospital.
Province Releases Mental Health and Addictions Strategy
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Health and Wellness
More children and youth will be able to get help for mental health concerns in schools, and more Nova Scotians will get treatment for drug addictions as a result of the province's first mental health and addictions strategy.
Province Reducing Ambulance Fees
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Health and Wellness
Beginning July 1, Nova Scotians living in licensed long-term care facilities or with reduced mobility will benefit from a reduction in ambulance fees announced today, May 14, by Health and Wellness Minister Maureen MacDonald.
Come on Nova Scotia, Check IT! Take the Blood Pressure Challenge
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Health and Wellness
Nearly one-third of Nova Scotian adults have hypertension, or high blood pressure. Women have a slightly higher rate, and people with diabetes, have a 70 per cent higher chance of having high blood pressure.
Province Approves District Health Authorities' Business Plans
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Health and Wellness
The province has approved the 2012-13 business plans of Nova Scotia's nine district health authorities and IWK in record time.
Province Releases Physician Resource Plan
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Health and Wellness
The province is acting to ensure more Nova Scotians have access to doctors and other care providers.
Amendments to Act to Incorporate Nova Scotia Association of Health Organizations
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Health and Wellness
Proposed amendments to the Act to Incorporate Nova Scotia Association of Health Organizations will update the legislation to better reflect the services and current practices of the association. The amendments will also allow it to be called Health Association Nova Scotia.
Amendments to Medical Society Act
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Health and Wellness
A proposed amendment to the Medical Society Act will legally change the name of the Medical Society of Nova Scotia to Doctors Nova Scotia and ensures physicians continue to be members of the association.
Amendments Adds Clarity to Act
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Health and Wellness
The province will clarify and strengthen Nova Scotia's Personal Health Information Act through amendments introduced today, May 3, by Health and Wellness Minister Maureen MacDonald.
Act Supports Efforts to Improve Patient Safety
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Health and Wellness
New reporting requirements introduced today, May 3, will help make patient care better and safer for Nova Scotians.
The Gift of Life, When the Telephone Rings, Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week, Op-Ed
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Health and Wellness
And just then the phone rang, and I heard someone ask, "Do you have a son named Brad Howell?"
Province Recognizes Organ, Tissue Donation Awareness Week
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Health and Wellness
The Nova Scotia legislature will be basked in a warm, green glow until Saturday, April 28 to celebrate National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week
Rapport du Comité consultatif de la Stratégie sur la santé mentale et le traitement des dépendances
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Health and Wellness
Le gouvernement provincial est heureux d'accepter le rapport du Comité consultatif de la Stratégie sur la santé mentale, publié aujourd'hui 23 avril. Il se servira des recommandations formulées pour élaborer la première Stratégie sur la santé mentale et le traitement des dépendances de la Nouvelle-Écosse.
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