Ontario Provides $6.1 Million Boost to Support Healthcare in Northumberland-Peterborough South - Northumberland Hills Hospital

Ontario Health Team-Northumberland Executive Lead Ram Puva attended the October Northumberland Hills Hospital Board meeting to reflect on a solid past and a look at the future. With the 2021-2026 strategic plan behind them, to be exact, they’re looking ahead to the one for 2027-2032.

Among cancer patients, the high financial cost of cancer care is a prevalent problem. This financial burden is also associated with potentially harmful behavioral strategies that patients might use to cope with costs, such as delaying or forgoing treatment and skipping medications. Collectively, researchers refer to this impact as financial toxicity.

Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) could transform diabetes management for millions of Americans with type 2 diabetes who don't take insulin, according to findings published in the New England Journal of Medicine. The clinical trial found that adults using CGMs spent approximately five additional hours each day within their target blood sugar range compared with those receiving routine care. Nearly twice as many CGM users also achieved an A1c level below 7%, a common treatment goal for people with diabetes.

Patients who wore noise-canceling headphones during minimally invasive gynecological surgery were significantly less likely to experience postoperative nausea and vomiting (PONV), suggest findings from a randomized clinical trial presented at the Anesthesiology 2026 annual meeting.