Alberta health

The developers of a new prostate cancer test say it’s a groundbreaking advancement. The ClarityDX prostate test has been developed by Edmonton-based company Nanostics, with support from the Alberta Cancer Foundation, and it’s now…

Alberta researchers have found a way to catch potential early signs of Alzheimer’s disease. They’re using a machine-learning model to detect audio cues — certain speech patterns that are linked to a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s or other…

The federal government is deducting a total of $82 million in Canada Health Transfers from provinces, including Alberta, over “patient charges levied during 2020-2021, for medically necessary services that should be accessible to…

For Cara Roan, the grief of miscarriage is compounded by the pain of burying the wrong baby’s remains. “I’m so broken from this,” the Maskwacis woman said Monday.Roan is a mother already, and knew something wasn’t right when she began…

The Alberta government revealed more details Monday of its plan to deal with a shortage of nurses in its health-care system. The province is to invest more than $15 million to train and support more internationally educated nurses,…

An Edmonton children’s doctor is worried it’s situation critical at the Stollery Children’s Hospital, where the ongoing surge of respiratory viruses in the community has prompted emergency provisions to be enacted. On Tuesday, Alberta…

Paige Lloyd doesn’t normally get the influenza vaccine, but after spending two weeks in the Alberta Children’s Hospital with her four-year-old daughter, she has a new perspective. Andy started feeling sick at the beginning of…

Premier Danielle Smith has followed through on her pledge to remove Dr. Deena Hinshaw from her position as Alberta’s chief medical officer of health and is hiring a familiar face to replace her. The Alberta government confirmed Monday…

A second case of monkeypox has been detected in Alberta, the province’s chief medical officer of health said Tuesday evening. “I can confirm that this case is not linked to the first case announced last week and at this time there is…

Alberta has identified a case of monkeypox in the province. In a post on social media Thursday afternoon, chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw said one isolated case of the disease has been confirmed in an adult in…