PRINCE GEORGE-A recent Angus Reid poll shows that while 71 percent of Canadians worry that anti-vaccine sentiments could lead to unnecessary illness, one in six Canadians are against their children getting vaccinated. These points of view are coming to a head as B.C. experiences its first measles case since 2019.Measle...

PRINCE GEORGE-The B.C. Adolescent Health Survey is an in depth look into the mental and physical health of school aged people. According to the survey, youth health has seen some gains, but also some losses."We're seeing lower alcohol use, lower cannabis use, lower tobacco use than we've ever seen," says Anni...

PRINCE GEORGE- The Heart and Stroke Foundation and the Canadian Cancer society released a leger poll that reports 22 percent of Canadians are skipping, splitting, or stopping their prescriptions due to the costs of the medication; something that doesn't surprise local pharmacist Brianna Pallot.Pallot explains that new ...

PRINCE GEORGE-Flavoured nicotine pouches like Zonnic were approved federally last year to help people quit smoking. However, as concerns began to grow that young people were accessing the products the Province put them behind the pharmacy counter."What we were hearing, especially from people such as school counsel...

PRINCE GEORGE-Psychosis and Schizophrenia are often stigmatized mental illnesses making it difficult for those suffering to speak out and seek treatment. However, if you or a loved one are suffering with Psychosis there is help in Prince George"People typically experience onset Psychosis averagely between the ages...

PRINCE GEORGE-Sunday, February 4, 2024 was World Cancer Day and on this weeks To Your Health we take a look into the internationally recognized radiation therapy research being performed right here in Prince George.SABR stands for Stereotactic Ablative Radiotherapy which is a powerful beam of radiation that destroyed l...

PRINCE GEORGE-Eating Disorder Awareness weak begins on February first and goes till the seventh. Eating Disorders can affect anyone at any age but how do you support a loved one with the condition? Annorexia Nervosa is the deadliest mental illness with an estimate of five to twenty percent of patients dying from compli...

PRINCE GEORGE- January is Alzheimer's Awareness Month with the Alzheimer's Society of B.C. announcing the focus this month is on living life to the fullest.Alzheimer's disease is a chronic neurodegenerative disease that destroys braincells through a build of plague in the neurons. The deterration causes memory, reasoni...

PRINCE GEORGE- Every day it seems like their is a new top ten list of foods that are bad for you and while some foods are healthier than others it's a spectrum of choices that lead to a healthy lifestyle. "the thing about it is people always tend to categorize foods as either healthy or unhealthy or call them bad ...

PRINCE GEORGE-The BC Center for Disease Control reports that three children have died across the province as influenza cases continue to rise and children who are not vaccinated are increasingly at risk.Northern Health region features the lowest childhood vaccination rates across the province with less than 10 percent ...