Canadian authorities are already sounding the alarm about edible marijuana products, warning that they could pose a risk to children — especially if they look just like regular candy. In a state where recreational marijuana has been legal for three years, regulators are still trying to minimize that risk.
Authorities in Thailand have confirmed that two cases of babies with microcephaly, or abnormally small heads, were caused by the Zika virus, the first such cases found in Southeast Asia.
Medical marijuana patients who are licensed to grow their own are producing more than they need and selling off the rest.
Health Minister Jane Philpott is hitting back at premiers who are concerned about the Liberal pledge to stick with the former Harper government's health-care spending formula, saying that more money for cash-strapped provinces isn't the only solution.
U.S. health officials recommend pregnant women consider postponing travel to 11 Southeastern Asian countries because of the risk of Zika virus infection.
FluMist, the nasal spray version of the influenza vaccine, is still being recommended for children in Canada, even though pediatricians in the U.S. have been told it's ineffective.
A Utah man who mysteriously contracted Zika from his infected father may have got it by touching his dad's tears or sweat with his bare hands, new research suggests.
Winnipeg police have confirmed the deadly street drug carfentanil is in the city.
A Nova Scotia non-profit that provides breakfast programs at schools across the province hopes a new fundraiser using produce boxes will promote healthier eating.
In total, 29 people in Alberta have ended their lives through physician-assisted death this year, according to numbers provided by Alberta Health Services. Fourteen of those deaths occurred in Edmonton, which is the highest number in the province.
Canada has reduced premature mortality rates tremendously over the past 50 years, but the country is still in the middle of the pack compared with “peer" countries such as Australia, Germany and Japan, according to a new report.
Toronto Public Health says it is aware of a "significant increase" in the number of infectious syphilis cases reported in the city last year and in the first six months of this year.
Commonly prescribed anti-inflammatory painkillers, including ibuprofen, raise the risk of hospital admission for heart failure, a large European study suggests.
So far unable to secure a meeting with the prime minister on the future of federal funding for health care, provincial and territorial premiers have written to Justin Trudeau to demand that he commit to a meeting with them before the First Ministers' meeting on climate change this fall.
Outbreak zone now extends through much of Miami Beach
The Federal government's often controversial Nutrition North program came under fire again Monday night, as Northern residents argued it's not keeping people from going hungry or making most food affordable.
Chiropractors in Windsor-Essex are sounding the alarm over "text neck" which comes after repeatedly turning your head down. Just the pressure from that action alone could put nearly 30 kilograms of pressure on your spine.
The personal health information of hundreds of patients is breached every year, but most Canadians live in provinces where health-care providers don't have to tell victims or privacy watchdogs.
Providence Crosstown Clinic in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside gives free heroin to longtime addicts. It's a controversial program, and the clinic's research co-ordinator admits they're enabling addicts. "We are enabling them to have a meaningful life again."
In California's farm belt, "pesticide drift" means danger is in the wind. Residents want new laws to protect half a million children who go to school near fields sprayed with pesticides
The Liberal government says it plans to introduce legislation later this fall to regulate vaping. Health Canada says the move will balance the need to protect young people from nicotine addiction while allowing adult smokers to legally buy vaping products.
Having kidney stones can be a painful roller coaster ride. But Michigan doctor David Wartinger has just discovered actual roller coaster rides can help treat the condition.
Researchers are connecting human brains via computer and have seen one person's brain move another's body. The meeting of mind over machine is a breakthrough that could help paralyzed patients rewire their brains, but it comes with ethical issues.
The Americas has become the first region in the world to be free of measles, Pan American Health Organization declares.
A baby boy has been born using a "three parent" technique, researchers report.
Martin Shkreli, the bad boy of the U.S. pharmaceuticals industry due to his jacking up of prescription drug prices, says he'll let someone punch him in the face — for a donation to help the son of a friend who died.
A Calgary woman who worked in data entry at the Alberta Children's hospital has pleaded guilty to illegally accessing patient files.
Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott says she has an obligation to do more than "simply open up the federal wallet" as she negotiates a new health care accord with the provinces.
Ninety-two per cent of people live in areas where air quality exceeds WHO limits, with southeast Asia, eastern Mediterranean and western Pacific regions hardest hit.
Cigarette packaging is about to lose volume in the U.K. and in France, as both countries follow Australia's lead with regulations forcing plain cigarette packaging in 2017. And Canada is moving closer to parallel these regulations.
An ultrasound showed one of Sarah Gray's unborn twins was missing part of his brain, a fatal birth defect. His brother was born healthy but Thomas lived just six days. Latching onto hope for something positive to come from heartache, Gray donated some of Thomas' tissue for scientific research — his eyes, his liver, his umbilical cord blood.
Doctors' offices and clinics ought to make their facilities more accessible for Canadians with disabilities, a medical journal editor argues.
The vaccine to protect against whooping cough works well at first, but immunity drops off quickly, making it more important for babies to get inoculated when they're most vulnerable, Canadian doctors say.
Ontario must develop a plan to deal with the increase in students arriving on campus who need mental health services, say provincial counsellors who work with them.
Pierre Dupont was banned from dentistry for life, but returned to the medical field as a foot specialist. A Go Public/Radio-Canada investigation has revealed the chiropodist in some cases used his own experimental implants.
Obstacle course runs like Tough Mudder and Warrior Dash are becoming more popular, and are still relatively safe for participants, a new study suggests.
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Fentanyl was the number one cause of opioid-related deaths in Ontario in 2015, killing 162 people on its own and 36 when combined with alcohol, according to the chief coroner's office.
Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne says she's not opposed to the government attaching strings to new funding in the forthcoming health care accord, it just depends on how restrictive they are.
After seeing dozens of doctors, Ian Stedman googled his rash and discovered he had Muckle-Wells, a one-in-a-million genetic syndrome.
When Kathryn Fudurich was only 21 years old her mom was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's and her world turned upside down.
An elderly couple forced to live apart against their wishes have been reunited at a Surrey facility.
Six international health experts have put their names forward to become the next head of WHO
35 U.S. states and District of Columbia file an antitrust lawsuit alleging that British drugmaker Indivior tried to keep cheaper, generic versions of Suboxone off the market.
When Stéphane Demers laces up his sneakers and takes his mark at this weekend's Oasis Rock 'n' Roll marathon in Montreal, he's hoping he'll remember crossing the finish line.
Sleep deprivation and fatigue can have devastating consequences for workers in B.C.
Without a day program, 20-year-old Jimmy MacNearney of East Hants, who has autism and Down syndrome, faces empty days.
Despite facing a slew of lawsuits, Canada’s busiest airport has given up trying to co-ordinate wheelchair service in its terminals and implemented a system one of its own senior officials once described as a “free for all.”
Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott is asking her officials to make it easier for communities to approve and set up safe injection sites because of what she calls a public health emergency.
As the federal government steels itself for intense end-game negotiations with the provinces over health care, climate change and pipelines, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau drew out the lines he isn't willing to cross.
Even the hyper-vigilant gain weight around the holidays
To mark Science Literacy Week comes a new survey looking at just how science literate Canadians are — and it suggests there are some pretty big gaps in our comprehension.
