Farmers, lumberjacks and fishermen kill themselves most often among workers in the U.S., according to a large new study that shows enormous differences of suicide rates across jobs. Researchers found the highest suicide rates in manual labourers who work in isolation and face unsteady employment.
More than 100 Nobel laureates called on environmental group Greenpeace to end its opposition to genetically modified crops, saying there is a scientific consensus they are safe and can benefit society, especially by preventing illnesses in the developing world.
Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould and Health Minister Jane Philpott will make an announcement today related to the government's plan to legalize marijuana. CBCNews.ca is carrying it live starting at 10:30 a.m. ET.
The federal government is banning the sale of drop-side cribs.
The Zika virus can cause devastating brain defects in newborns with microcephaly, but also in babies with normal-sized heads and those born to women infected in the third trimester of pregnancy, Brazilian doctors say.
There’s no guidebook to navigate the highs and lows of looking after a family member in their final months at home, where most Canadians say they would prefer to die.
Michael McCreary has Asperger's syndrome, a condition that made it difficult for him to connect with others. For years it left him feeling lonely and isolated. Now he's mining it for comedy — and to convey a bigger message, as well.
Biden made an impassioned plea for increased urgency in the fight against cancer.
Federal health officials want to know whether hand sanitizers used by millions of Americans work as well as manufacturers claim — and whether there are any health risks to their growing use.
A pilot project aimed at teaching family doctors and their staff how to treat patients with depression and anxiety led to improvements in those patients — without relying on drugs, the primary researcher says.
The largest funding competition in Canadian science history is hitting obstacles, as almost 3,000 biomedical and health scientists apply for money to keep their research going.
Researchers infected pregnant monkeys with the Zika virus to learn how it harms developing fetuses — and in a highly unusual twist, the public can get a real-time peek at the findings.
The Ontario government has backed away from a controversial age limit it imposed earlier this year on funding for intensive therapy for children with autism.
The Nova Scotia government declared today that the Incompetent Persons Act is invalid and the parents of Landon Webb gave up guardianship of their 25-year-old son.
Simple recreational activities such as playing cards or repeatedly tossing a foam ball into a wastepaper basket are as effective as playing virtual reality games like Wii in helping patients recover hand strength and dexterity following a stroke, a Canadian-led study has found.
Eating fish, seafood, seeds and nuts rich in omega-3 fatty acids regularly may help to lower the risk of dying from heart attacks, studies from 16 countries suggest.
Mobile health apps on our phones can hold a wealth of helpful information to take better care of ourselves, but family doctors still face barriers harnessing the potential.
An increasing number of Canadians are becoming medical tourists in search of stem cells. But is it worth the cost and the risk? @NightshiftMD weighs in.
A B.C. woman with spinal muscular atrophy is joining the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association to challenge the federal government's new assisted dying legislation.
The U.S. Supreme Court has struck down Texas's widely replicated regulation of abortion clinics in the court's biggest abortion case in nearly a quarter century.
IV therapy — delivering vitamins, minerals, amino acids and saline intravenously — is often sold as a way to boost energy and revitalize its recipients. Use of the therapy is accelerating, expert say, thanks in large part to celebrity endorsements — but there's no reason to think it works.
Clinicians at Halifax's IWK Health Centre and the Hospital for Sick Children are using social media to ease the pain of children with cancer by providing parents with the latest research through an online hashtag.
Licensed medical marijuana producers have been warned to stop using the postal system ahead of a potential Canada Post strike or lockout in early July.
Opioid addiction has reached a crisis level in Canada, in part due to prescribing practices and it’s going to take a shift in public attitude to get it under control.
Canada's largest mental health and addiction teaching hospital has added a unique service for its Aboriginal clients — a sweat lodge to help promote spiritual, physical and emotional healing.
Children under the age of six in Flint, Mich., had significantly higher blood-lead levels after the city switched its water source in 2014 to save money, according to a CDC report released Friday.
A father has been sentenced to four months in jail and his wife to three months of house arrest, after being found guilty of failing to provide the necessaries of life for their 19-month-old Alberta son, who died from bacterial meningitis.
Approval in the U.S. of a human trial using the gene-editing technique called CRISPR to target certain cancers could open the door to dozens of trials using the promising new technology.
Seniors who are obese may live just as long as their thinner peers, but they are more likely to develop heart disease and to get it slightly earlier in life, a Dutch study finds.
The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled in favour of three British Columbia medical workers who argued they developed breast cancer as a result of their jobs.
The federal health minister says she is unconvinced that putting more money into the federal health transfer to the provinces is the best way to improve the health-care system.
Graduation day is exciting for most kids. But for a unique group at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, their graduation ceremony this Wednesday was particularly important. The kids, ages six to 11, spent the year in a program specially designed to help them understand their epilepsy.
Office workers who swapped one seated meeting a week for a walking meeting clocked an extra 10 minutes of physical activity, according to a small study.
Maryam Zolfi, who underwent Canada's first hand and forearm transplant last January, says she has sensation and movement in her new forearm, and she's starting to get both in her hand and thumb.
Calgary doctor and CBC health contributor Dr. Raj Bhardwaj tells us about some of the nasty things you can pick up in pools, rivers and lakes this summer.
The nasal spray version of the annual flu vaccine failed to protect U.S. kids again last year, the latest in a string of failures that has prompted an expert panel to recommend that doctors stop giving it to patients.
The World Health Organization says it will carry out emergency yellow fever vaccination campaigns along the border between Angola and Congo amid fears of a mounting epidemic.
Health Canada says the choice to restrict access to some prescription mental-illness drugs for on-reserve patients is based on the same expert advice that guides other publicly funded pharmacare programs nationwide.
Congo has almost run out of yellow fever vaccine in Kinshasa as epidemic declared in capital and two provinces.
Kathleen Wynne is promising to "get to the bottom" of the latest allegations of a hidden pile of mercury barrels poisoning a northern Ontario river, but the chief of Grassy Narrows says her efforts don't go far enough.
More than one in three Canadian seniors fills a prescription for a risky medication that should be avoided in older patients, say researchers who estimate $419 million a year is spent on the drugs.
Ten days after 60-year-old Steven Bunce died last March, the Douglas Hospital shut down the group home where he'd lived for years, blaming workers there for incompetence and poor judgment. But Bunce's sister says the Douglas is "trying to pass the buck."
A Vancouver Island mother whose baby is hospitalized with whooping cough says her sick daughter is proof that children who are not vaccinated can harm others.
Enrolled patients have spent 50 to 70 per cent less time in hospital since program started, aiming to help the 800,000 Canadians with COPD.
Google says its new symptom search cards on smartphone apps will show related conditions such as headache and migraine together to better flag when a health problem is serious enough to seek professional medical help.
A Saskatoon mother on her fourth bout with ovarian cancer is urging the province to rethink its decision not to pay for the chemotherapy drug she needs.
Alberta spends more money on health care per capita than any other province and demand is only going to increase, making it difficult for the province to meet its modest deficit-reduction targets, according to the Conference Board of Canada.
Research is piling up that shows screen time is bad for you, and UPEI applied human science professor Travis Saunders is taking a closer look at why.
Kristen Hiebert speaks publicly for the first time since she was stuck in a rural Manitoba ditch for 10 hours, in freezing temperatures, and crawled out to get help to save her four-year-old daughter, Avery.
The bill for braces for one Happy Valley-Goose Bay teen could rise astronomically, as the end of Labrador-Grenfell Health's subsidized orthodontic services looms.
