Global Energy Balance Network, a nonprofit funded by Coca-Cola to said on its website Monday night that it is "discontinuing operations due to resource limitations." The decision was effective immediately.
What makes frail seniors delirious when the sun goes down? It's time to shine a light on a growing problem that takes caregivers to the edge.
Theresa Kakfwi knew something was wrong with her pregnancy but says N.W.T. health care workers refused to send her for an ultrasound. She found out later from Calgary doctors that her baby had been dead inside her for almost two months.
As Canada prepares to receive refugees from Syria, ensuring young newcomers in particular receive a warm welcome is vital in helping them adapt to their new country, says a refugee shelter director who has worked with refugees for nearly three decades.
Would you like to spend quality time with George Clooney, walk a red carpet with Meryl Streep or visit the set of Game of Thrones? They are all possible: Bono is a launching an all-star campaign featuring 'once-in-a-lifetime experiences' for donors to his organization (RED), which raises funds to fight AIDS.
Parents influential in convincing their children to engage in less sexual activity, especially risky unprotected intercourse.
There may soon be a new use for your Keurig coffee maker — brewing pot. Canadian medical cannabis producer, CannTrust has created a marijuana pod. Pop it into your single-serve coffee maker to get your medicinal dose with a cup of java.
A team led by a doctor who used to work in Glace Bay is researching using software to scan a person's photo — on Facebook for example — to determine whether they'd be a good match for someone who needs a transplant.
When the scientists are worried, the rest of us should pay attention. And at this moment, they are worried. That’s because researchers all over the world have started experimenting with a powerful new tool that can alter the DNA of every organism on the planet, including humans, with unprecedented ease and precision.
The Liberal government has promised a national strategy to increase vaccination rates, but one journalist argues there are bigger barriers to Canada's immunization system than the people opposed to vaccines.
Canada's ministers of sport and health say they've been asked by the prime minister to work on a national concussion treatment strategy.
Scientists confirm that double-dipping a chip is not OK, not cool and not very healthy for anyone involved.
A local researcher has just won a $50,000 prize for her work helping people with osteoporosis stay active to reduce, and even prevent, bone fractures.
Youngsters who spend too much time staring at televisions and computers may be more depressed than those who abstain completely, but kids who enjoy screen time in moderation may be the happiest of all, a recent analysis suggests.
New Brunswick RCMP are warning parents about a new form of marijuana in the province, e-joints.
Pfizer Canada says its Epipen inventory is now up to meeting the increased demand following a recall of Allerject auto-injectors.
The Quebec government has passed a bill restricting the use of electronic cigarettes and banning smoking on restaurant and bar patios.
One of the first orders of government business will be to strike a special parliamentary committee to craft "quick and expedited" legislation on doctor-assisted death. Government House leader Dominic LeBlanc said an "immediate objective" is to create a joint committee with members from the House of Commons and Senate to prepare legislative recommendations the Liberals.
The province of Alberta has filed a statement of defence in a multimillion-dollar lawsuit accusing the health minister, several doctors and Alberta Health Services of abuse and discrimination against Gerald Francis, a 59-year-old Cree man.
Some cheese products sold in Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland and possibly other provinces have been recalled over fears of Listeria contamination.
Dentists are more prone to become fraud victims than other small business owners, according to a Halifax-based firm that specializes in dental embezzlement.
A California farm is recalling a vegetable mix believed to be the source of E.coli in Costco chicken salad that has been linked to an outbreak that has sickened 19 people in seven states, the Food and Drug Administration said Thursday.
An Ottawa computer engineer is developing a power wheelchair users can move around with a smartphone or remote control with voice commands.
Refugee children and young people from Syria and Iraq could present with a variety of health issues, says a pediatrician who is already treating some of them.
The introduction of medically assisted death in Quebec could be delayed because of an injunction from a doctors' group and an appeal from the federal health minister to wait, Health Minister Gaétan Barrette said Thursday.
Syrian refugee children fleeing a war zone to come to Canada will need teachers and other professionals to help them to feel safe so they can resume normal childhood activities, experts say.
The Ontario Liberal government says it is reconsidering its move to allow medical marijuana users to legally use vaporizers and smoke anywhere in the province, just one day after announcing the change.
Refugee groups are trying to help Syrian children struggling to deal with horrible memories of violence and death.
Paramedics in Renfrew County are using a drone to help first responders in eastern Ontario as they deal with situations where someone's life might be at risk, including a recent triple homicide in the town of Wilno, Ont.
The Chief medical officer of health for Sudbury and Algoma is calling for more regular inspections of doctors’ offices, after hundreds of patients in Sault Ste. Marie may have been infected with hepatitis or HIV.
The mosquito-borne virus chikungunya can cause severe and potentially fatal brain infection in some patients, particularly infants and people older than 65, according to a new report.
Medical marijuana users in Ontario are now legally able to use vaporizers just about anywhere in the province.
Turing Pharmaceuticals is reneging on its pledge to cut the $750-per-pill price for Daraprim, which treats a rare parasitic infection.
Children living with a pet dog seem less likely to suffer from anxiety, a U.S. study suggests.
Only 30 per cent of doctors using PharmaNet system to check the drug history of patients, and the B.C. College of Physicians says that must change.
Ontario is set to introduce the first concussion legislation in Canada for young athletes in the wake of a teenage rugby player's death.
Not-for-profit that provides a range of health and home care services will continue to operate in Ontario and Nova Scotia.
As Google's YouTube launched its children's app in Canada on Tuesday, two U.S. child advocacy groups filed new complaints with the Federal Trade Commission over its marketing of pop and candy to children.
A study by a doctor at Queen's University shows a need for better communication between patients and medical staff about end-of-life care.
A new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives suggests Cape Breton has the highest rate of child poverty in Atlantic Canada with one in every three children living in poverty.
Joel Thomas Hynes has written a lengthy, raw and passionate Facebook post about his uncle's battle with addiction, right until his death.
A B.C. Supreme Court lawsuit accuses former University of British Columbia associate dean Christopher Zed of siphoning millions intended for dental clinics set up to serve First Nations patients on Haida Gwaii.
The strain of E. Coli linked to Costco chicken salad that has sickened 19 people in seven states is more likely to be life-threatening than a recent foodborne illness that led to the closure of some Chipotle restaurants in the Northwest
We go inside the lives of two people who have suffered for years from chronic pain.
A new report published today is calling for tighter regulations on physicians prescribing drugs, especially opioids like fentanyl or oxycontin — something it says will reduce the number of fatal overdoses and addiction cases in B.C.
Doctors in Paris have written a chilling account of treating mass casualties during the multiple attacks that took place in the city earlier this month.
The best way to eliminate HIV and AIDS in Canada is to test everyone for the virus, regardless of their lifestyle, according to one of the world's leading experts.
A teenage boy has died of Ebola in Liberia, a health official says, the first fatality since July in one of the three West African countries hit hardest by the worst ever outbreak of the disease.
MLA Jason Nixon, the Wildrose critic for government accountability, is calling on the NDP to clear the air on how the contract to litigate Alberta's $10-billion tobacco lawsuit was awarded under former premier Alison Redford.
Kamal Al Ziab knew his and his family's lives would forever be changed after leaving a refugee camp in Lebanon and arriving in Winnipeg, but the Syrian dad never thought he'd see his 12-year-old son Omar walk again. Then Al Ziab's dream came true.
