More U.S. college students are making a habit of using marijuana, which has supplanted cigarettes as the smoke-able substance of choice among undergraduates who light up regularly, a study released Tuesday found.
Study finds that the only reliable way to prevent a hangover is not to drink alcohol in the first place.
The chair of an outside group established to report on the contentious issue of doctor-assisted death is defending his panel's independence as it embarks on a research tour in Europe.
'It's probably the clearest way that Canada's doctors can say, look, climate change is a health issue and we need to do something about it now,' says Dr. Courtney Howard of Yellowknife, who presented the motion.
Ebola experts are in Sierra Leone's Kambia district investigating a case that emerged less than a week after the country's last known patient was discharged from a hospital, a World Health Organization says.
Oliver Sacks excelled at making complicated medicine accessible for lay people, a goal of my own life work. He just did it better.
An internet company based in Winnipeg is advertising drugs that are not approved by Health Canada, CBC News has learned.
An Inuvik man says the Northwest Territories' health system is denying him a prescription treatment that can cure the Hepatitis C virus he was infected with while undergoing a routine blood transfusion at the Inuvik hospital in the 1980s.
The Ontario government has released a new ad for its controversial sex-education curriculum that touch on areas including same-sex marriage, sexting and consent.
Health officials in Sierra Leone on Sunday confirmed an Ebola death less than a week after the country's last known patient was discharged from a hospital.
Zoey and Zane Espayos turned two Aug. 30, a milestone and medical marvel because they have overcome a genetic blood disorder that almost claimed their lives in the womb.
The science surrounding a low-fat has changed but our attitudes haven’t kept up, a dietitian says.
Dr. Oliver Sacks, the neurologist who studied the intricacies of the brain and wrote eloquently about them in books such as Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, died on Sunday at the age of 82, the New York Times reported.
The Vancouver Island Health Authority wants to significantly reduce surgical wait times.
The Alberta government has dropped its attempt to bar an Edmonton-area mother from treating her child's epilepsy with marijuana.
Of all the reams of new health research published in academic journals each year, only a tiny sliver ever makes its way into the hands of regular people. And even then it can take a long time.
Ebola did not take Victoria Yillia's life. And it could not prevent the birth of her son.
Dr. Mark Loeb, an infectious disease specialist for Hamilton Health Sciences, offers advice on how to stay protected from West Nile Virus.
People around the world are living longer, but many are also living sicker lives for longer, according to a study of all major diseases and injuries in 188 countries.
B.C.'s provincial health officer says requiring parents to provide proof of their children's vaccinations could help stop sudden spreads of preventable illnesses in schools.
Thirty per cent of Inuit cancer patients from Baffin Island between 2000 and 2010 weren't sent for chemotherapy or radiation treatment, according to a new study by the Ottawa Hospital Cancer Centre.
Sleep deprivation had no impact on attending surgeons in the operating room. But it won't be the last word on a controversial subject.
An Edmonton-area mother is challenging an attempt by the Alberta government to legally bar her four-year-old daughter from receiving a marijuana treatment the mother says has successfully quelled her daughter’s debilitating epileptic seizures.
ServiceOntario has launched a new push to get people to give up their old red and white health cards for the new photo version.
General Mills has announced it will remove artificial colours and flavours from its fruit-flavoured snacks, including Fruit Snacks and Fruit Roll-ups.
Disability claimants who are off work because of low back pain stay off longer if they’re being treated with opioids, according to a new study out of McMaster University.
A large group of researchers set out to repeat 100 experiments published by leading psychology journals to see how often they would get the same results. Here's what they found.
One person has died in Quebec's Lanaudière region after an outbreak of legionnaires' disease after disease. There have been 16 other confirmed cases since Aug. 20.
Saudi Arabia's Health Ministry says 15 more people have died after contracting the Middle East respiratory syndrome, known as MERS, in the last seven days amid a surge in contractions in the capital, Riyadh.
Saudi Arabia's Health Ministry says 15 more people have died after contracting the Middle East respiratory syndrome, known as MERS, in the last seven days amid a surge in contractions in the capital, Riyadh.
A Sudbury woman is using teleconferencing to help more women in the northeast to breastfeed.
A Kingston woman who underwent two surgeries to remove her appendix because too much of it was left behind is calling for better advocates for patients at hospitals.
Despite a brief improvement in Calgary's air quality, conditions are set to deteriorate later in the day amid worsening conditions and expanded advisories across the province.
Alberta Health Services has declared a whooping cough outbreak in northern Alberta.
So-called natural allergy treatments are all over the internet, and with the fall allergy season underway CBC Radio house doctor Peter Lin weighs in on some of the natural treatments that are advertised online.
A teenager in the Eastern Townships whose heart stopped beating while he was playing soccer in the school gym in June is the youngest person in Canada to receive a new subcutaneous defibrillator.
During a conference in Halifax, the Canadian Medical Association says school officials should be able to ask parents for proof that their children have been vaccinated.
Researchers have found a possible genetic link between low vitamin D levels and multiple sclerosis; something that has long been suspected, but difficult to prove.
A researcher says more than half of the students graduating from the Northern Ontario School of Medicine are opting to stay in northern Ontario cities — and about a quarter are working in rural northern Ontario settings.
Yukon's Chief Coroner is calling for a territory-wide system where doctors and pharmacists can share information on patients’ prescriptions after two people died after obtaining large quantities of drugs.
New restrictions on e-cigarettes and vaping products will go into affect on P.E.I. Sept. 1.
An Illinois man has pleaded not guilty in an international internet pharmacy case involving Winnipeg-based company, CanadaDrugs.com.
Child obesity in Canada and the U.S. appears to have plateaued at best, but a greater emphasis on prevention is needed, experts say.
Canadians lack confidence in the country's long-term care system, says the Canadian Alliance for Long-Term Care, and it's calling on federal politicians to make long-term care a priority.
An addicted fentanyl user from Mississauga says he uses the powerful drug intentionally, but Toronto police insist most cases involve people taking the painkiller unwittingly.
Canadian doctors feel very strongly about physician-assisted death with very outspoken views expressed Tuesday at a Canadian Medical Association conference in Halifax.
For one family in Sweden, a pioneering procedure has led to a baby being born from the same womb that nurtured his mother, uniting three generations.
Several people have landed in hospital after 24 cases of E. coli O157 were reported in four provinces, the Public Health Agency of Canada says in reminding people about handling food safely.
Health care workers are being reprimanded when they speak out about the on-the-ground problems in healthcare, the Fédération Interprofessionnelle de la Santé du Quebec says. So the union is launching a hotline to take in anonymous complaints from the public.
Canada’s looming fentanyl problem has become impossible to ignore – and one doctor says the way it has been prescribed for the last two decades is a big part of the problem.
For low risk births, family doctors are every bit as safe as obstetricians. Midwives should be part of the conversation.
Health authorities in Sierra Leone release the country's last known Ebola patient from the hospital.
An Ontario woman is warning people about the dangers of a rare illness she contracted following a black fly bite, that almost killed her.
A Mississauga, Ont., man addicted to fentanyl says the drug has derailed the last decade of his life, but he continues to use, believing he can do so safely.
The scientist who led the work to develop the Ebola drug ZMapp is going to be leaving the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg.
