Cuts to Canada's food inspection programs have created a "double standard," where meat sold to Canadians is not as well inspected than that destined for export, according to the union that represents inspectors.
Cineplex Entertainment is expanding its special screening program for people with autism spectrum disorder and their families to 29 theatres, the company announced Tuesday.
Nunavut has a higher rate of young children being admitted to hospital for respiratory illness than the rest of Canada, says a pediatrician with the Qikitani General Hospital.
Health Canada has signalled it is willing to loosen the rules on the use of fecal transplants to treat persistent C. difficile infections.
Drugs for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder or ADHD will come with stronger and clearer warnings on the risks of suicidal thoughts and behaviours, Health Canada says.
The battle of the bulge is getting younger. Childhood obesity have more than doubled in Canada since the 1970s . An editorial just published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal proposes some new tools to help doctors reverse the trend. But who knows if helicopter parents will say yes.
Hockey helmets alone won’t protect against concussions but there’s room to improve their design to reduce the risk of head injuries, a new lab rating suggests.
Children and teens who are overweight or obese can be identified by regularly monitoring their growth as a first step to help families, new Canadian guidelines for family doctors recommend.
Parents should stick with more precise metric measuring devices such as syringes instead of teaspoons to give children the correct dose of medications, U.S. and Canadian experts say.
Losing weight is going competitive as a new website uses people’s urge to make money as an incentive to shed pounds.
There is a call for researchers to tap into the growing pool of medical marijuana users to help answer lingering questions about its safety.
What duty should Canada have to care for women who are carrying Canadian babies but aren't eligible for health coverage themselves?
Questions surrounding the illness Germanwings co-pilot Andreas Lubitz reportedly hid from his employer have become the focus of the investigation into the crash of Flight 4U9525 and have some people asking whether mandatory psychological testing could have prevented the tragedy.
A Red Deer company whose products help enforce probation orders for convicted criminals is now part of a study to help families of dementia patients.
The White House on Friday announced a five-year plan to fight the threat posed by antibiotic-resistant bacteria amid fears that once-treatable germs could become deadly.
Ex-soldier Paul Franklin set off a political fire storm last month when he complained about having to annually verify the loss of both of his legs in order keep receiving benefits. The federal government is promising reforms, but the Afghan vet says he’s still doesn’t believe there will be change.
Chazz Petrella had been seen by at least nine different children's agencies in his brief, troubled life. CBC's the fifth estate looks into what went wrong.
A woman who injected industrial silicone into the buttocks of customers as an illegal cosmetic procedure has been sentenced to eight years in prison.
The emerging ability to modify human embryos in a way that gets passed on to future generations has raised alarm bells for scientists who've called for a moratorium.
An enormous artificial kidney from the 1950s — perhaps the last of its kind in existence — will be preserved as Montreal’s 122-year-old Royal Victoria Hospital prepares to move all its patients and facilities to the new MUHC superhospital.
Instances of rickets, a rare disease caused by a lack of vitamin D, are far higher in the aboriginal population in the North, are continuing to rise.
About 90 per cent of children under age 1 who caught the Ebola virus in West Africa died from it, the first large study of the epidemic's impact on children suggests.
Personal story aims to raise awareness about BRCA gene mutations
The family of an 11-year-old child with a rare brain injury is upset the province won`t pay for treatment recommended by specialists in Halifax and Toronto.
Faced with a growing HIV outbreak tied to intravenous drug use, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence said Wednesday he's considering a needle-exchange program as part of a public health emergency he's preparing to declare in a county that's at the epicentre of the cases.
Steak, eggs, canned soup — all kinds of fridge and pantry staples have a best before date on the packaging. But that best before date may not mean what you think.
Canada's first supervised injection site has received a Health Canada exemption which allows it to continue to operate, days after passage of federal legislation that critics fear will make it harder to open new facilities.
Rob Ford says he's been given a tentative date for a surgery that will remove his cancerous tumours.
People living in Guinea's worst Ebola-affected region have started receiving the Canadian-developed experimental vaccine in the hopes it will quell spread.
Being able to afford to enough nutritious food continues to be a struggle for some Canadians, according to a new report.
One of the co-discoverers of the Ebola virus and a leading Canadian stem cell researcher are among this year's winners of the prestigious Canada Gairdner Awards.
An ongoing investigation by CBC News and the investigative consumer program Marketplace finds that pharmacists feel pressured to push extra services on patients.
Angelina Jolie’s decision to have her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed given her family history of cancer greatly reduces her risk of developing ovarian cancer, say experts who welcome the awareness she's raised.
Calgary Dr. Raj Bhardwaj dissects sensational storylines on prime time medical dramas.
Two passengers on Air China flight CA991 from Beijing have tested positive for measles, prompting Vancouver Coastal Health to issue a public advisory.
A new, faster test for tuberculosis could help patients get quicker treatment in Nunavut, where rates of the disease are among the highest in the country, according to a new study.
Publicly funded safeguards at Canadian pharmacies aren't always directed at the people who would benefit the most, an ongoing investigation by CBC’s Marketplace has found.
Catholic and Christian medical professionals are challenging Ontario's College of Physicians and Surgeons in court over a policy that requires doctors to provide or at least refer medical services even when they clash with personal values.
Oscar-winning film star Angelina Jolie has said she has had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed to avoid the risk of ovarian cancer, the disease that killed her mother at the age of 56.
Ontario hospitals are being forced to lay off nurses because the Liberal government has frozen their budgets for three years, NDP health critic France Gelinas charged Monday.
Prepackaged food with a shelf life of 90 days or less is required to have a best before date — but what does that mean and when can you (almost) ignore it?
When teens take pills for depression and anxiety, doctors need to make sure they understand that sexual side-effects are common with the drugs, a new paper advises.
Patients say they want their doctor to give them the straight goods, but only when the doctor is the bearer of good news. That's what a new study concludes.
Advocates for sexual health services in Nova Scotia say more resources are needed, especially when it comes to sexual assault examinations.
A doctor who treats children in Nunavik says ear infections were rare before Inuit were settled into communities. Dr. Joanne Morel, a pediatrician based at the Montreal Children's Hospital, has been treating children in James Bay and Nunavut for 35 years.
The slow international response to the Ebola outbreak in West Africa created an avoidable tragedy that cost thousands of lives, a leading medical charity said on the one year anniversary of the first confirmed case.
The cost of providing medical marijuana to the country's injured soldiers under a Veterans Affairs program jumped to more than $4.3 million this fiscal year, an increase of 10 times what was spent last year.
Should Canada's publicly funded hospitals offer services to foreign patients who are willing to pay? Does it provide much needed cash to a strapped system? Or does it create a two-tier healthchare? Two top health practitioners weigh in on the pros and cons.
Researchers are analyzing billions of tweets and Facebook profiles to study the general health of large populations in the view that big data might yield big rewards on the medical front.
Undeclared almond in ground cumin has led the Canadian Food Inspection Agency to recall products made by Quebec-based company Nador Inc.
Researchers at McGill University say they've developed a process to make maple syrup healthier by boosting the level of prebiotics in the sweet treat.
