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Campaign raising awareness about delirium with screenings at inpatient units in Nova Scotia

by Yvette d'Entremont March 15, 2023March 22, 2023

Delirium is a common but often under-recognized medical emergency. It affects on average between one in four to one in five people in hospital on a given day.

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Health, Medical Research

Program developed at Dal helps support mental health of men being treated for prostate cancer

by Yvette d'Entremont March 1, 2023March 9, 2023

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Health, Medical Research

Genetic testing could help identify youth at risk of developing mental illness, Dal study finds

by Yvette d'Entremont February 23, 2023March 2, 2023

COVID, Medical Research

Canadian researchers increase wastewater testing at airports to detect new COVID variants

by Yvette d'Entremont February 16, 2023February 23, 2023

A doctor in blue scrubs and wearing a head scarf and dark-rimmed glasses demonstrates how a robotic arm is used in knee replacement surgery. She is using a prosthetic knee in the process. On the stainless steel table are a number of surgical tools.

Health

Robot technology to be used in hip, knee replacement surgeries at Dartmouth General

by Jennifer Henderson January 14, 2023January 14, 2023

a photograph of shelves of Victorian medicine bottles

Morning File

Great books shouldn’t be medicinal

by Philip Moscovitch November 27, 2020January 16, 2023

Morning File

This little vaccine did not go to market: how private sector “innovators” can slow down life-saving treatments

by Philip Moscovitch May 26, 2020January 11, 2023

Morning File

Secrecy is a feature, not a bug

by Philip Moscovitch November 14, 2019January 3, 2023

A collage of various housing options in HRM, including co-ops, apartment buildings, shelters, and tents

PRICED OUT is the Examiner’s investigative reporting project focused on the housing crisis.

You can learn about the project, including how we’re asking readers to direct our reporting, our published articles, and what we’re working on, on the PRICED OUT homepage.

Nine images illustrating the locations, maps, and memorials of the mass shootings

2020 MASS MURDERS

All of the Halifax Examiner’s reporting on the mass murders of April 18/19, 2020, and recent articles on the Mass Casualty Commission and newly-released documents.

Updated regularly.

UNCOVER: DEAD WRONG

In 1995, Brenda Way was brutally murdered behind a Dartmouth apartment building. In 1999, Glen Assoun was found guilty of the murder, and served 17 years in prison while maintaining his innocence. In 2019, he was fully exonerated.

Halifax Examiner’s Tim Bousquet tells Assoun’s story on the CBC podcast series Uncover: Dead Wrong. Click here to listen to the podcast.

Category: Medical Research

Campaign raising awareness about delirium with screenings at inpatient units in Nova Scotia

Program developed at Dal helps support mental health of men being treated for prostate cancer

Genetic testing could help identify youth at risk of developing mental illness, Dal study finds

Canadian researchers increase wastewater testing at airports to detect new COVID variants

Robot technology to be used in hip, knee replacement surgeries at Dartmouth General

Great books shouldn’t be medicinal

This little vaccine did not go to market: how private sector “innovators” can slow down life-saving treatments

Secrecy is a feature, not a bug

My trip to Province House, and why it makes me worry about the future

Opposition, advocates say budget misses the mark on poverty, housing crisis

Acadia student advocating for improved access to mental health care for rural Nova Scotians

AG finds weak cybersecurity at Halifax Water, putting water quality and supply systems at risk

Debra Lucas and Iris Drummond: leading the way in historic Black community of Lucasville