A woman at the centre of a legal battle in Ontario over how to define death died Monday morning of natural causes while she was on life-support.
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A woman at the centre of a legal battle in Ontario over how to define death died Monday morning of natural causes while she was on life-support.
When facing a disease with life-or-death stakes, matters of the heart may seem like a secondary concern. But cancer can serve as a "litmus test" for a relationship — and many fail, said Dr. Robert Rutledge, a Halifax radiation oncologist.
An apartment building in downtown Washington, D.C., is catering to a new kind of family unit that is becoming more common in the U.S. and Canada in part because of the devastating toll of the opioid crisis: families where the primary caregiver is a grandparent.
Once known for its enthusiasm for alcohol, Russia has fallen steadily down the list of the hardest-drinking nations, thanks to a variety of social and political measures.
Instead of a subscription to stream TV and movies on demand, a growing number of companies want to sell you a subscription for on-demand, unlimited fitness sessions. Peloton, Echelon and Fly Anywhere are three U.S. companies that want to cater to Canadians with a convenient way to work out.
The rumoured minimization of meats and dairy in Canada's new food guide has some producers concerned it could cause a blow to their industries and negative health effects to boot.
While those in the prime of their life were victims of both the war and the flu, the war took young men. Women (mainly volunteer nurses and expecting mothers), Indigenous people, and members of the working class were hardest hit by the influenza.
A nurse practitioner from B.C.'s Interior is lending her expertise to help contain the Ebola outbreak in the Congo.
A Brampton woman is on a mission to find the man who received the gift of her son's heart earlier this year. Keerin Reid died in September 2017. Through a series of letters, she learned the recipient of heart is a 54-year-old father of two. But she wants to know more.
Researchers believe psychedelic drug therapy could have the potential to treat everything from PTSD to cigarette addiction. Here are the stories of three people whose lives have been changed by the research.
The province recently announced a new nursing graduate recruitment program, but a former nurse says much more needs to be done to improve working conditions.
Lise Pigeon believes a service such as Pair — which automatically calls its elderly members at a set time every day, and contacts family members or police if there is no answer after three tries — could have helped her after a fall.
Listeners of The Morning Edition offered words of support and shared their experiences with two specialists who recently told CBC News they left their positions due to excessive workload without much relief
The Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario has confirmed a third case of acute flaccid myletis, a rare polio-like illness that causes paralysis in children.
The B.C. Coroners Service's latest figures show almost exactly the same number of people died by drug overdose between Jan. 1 and Nov. 30, 2018 as during the same period last year.
One batch is "not expected to meet the registered burst pressure specification at end of shelf-life," according to Health Canada.
Montreal Children's Hospital's Dr. Dominic Chalut answers the Dos and Don'ts of when to bring your child to an emergency room during flu season.
Space travel exposes astronauts to forms of radiation that are uncommon on Earth, and that are linked to cancers and heart problems, but a U.S. study suggests this doesn't significantly shorten their lives.
Grant Koturbash, 52, says TTC driver told him to get off the bus and to put money on his Presto card after it was declined. The problem is, Koturbash is unable to load the card on his own, and relies on a social worker or family.
Vancouver Coastal Health says Asten Nguyen Phong Nguyen — a.k.a. “Dr. Nguyen Nguyen” — is advertising himself as a surgeon at Vancouver General Hospital and is requesting deposits on future surgeries.
Because of its Catholic origins, St. Martha's Regional Hospital in Antigonish, N.S., has an agreement dating back to 1996 allowing it to forego medically assisted dying.
The seemingly irresistible draw of social media scrolls on smartphones can be hard to withstand. But some teens are finding ways to strike a balance. Studies have found slight associations between spending five hours or more online and poorer adolescent well-being in surveys.
Emergency Health Services in Nova Scotia has doubled the number of defibrillators on the provincial registry, but estimates half of the devices in the province are still not listed.
Eat Smart Salad Shake Ups, single-serve salad bowls produced in California, are being recalled due to Listeria contamination fears. The recall impacts salads with a best before date of Dec. 29 sold in Alberta, B.C., Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, said the company that produces the salads.
A five-kilogram average daily haul of lobster earns a windfall for divers in one of the most impoverished regions of the Americas, so many take risks, and many suffer for it.
The devastating overdose crisis remains the biggest and most important health story in B.C., but this has been a year that saw several major problems and controversies, as well as signs of progress, in the fields of health and medicine.
Since Edmonton's mental health court heard its first case in April, more than 2,340 accused have appeared on the docket.
Thailand’s legislature has agreed to amend the country’s drug laws to allow the licensed medical use of marijuana, as well as kratom, a locally grown plant traditionally used as a stimulant and painkiller.
Dogs are offering help at two Toronto hospitals to fearful children who need to get into an MRI machine and adult patients who have anxiety and depression.
Hours after coming across the horrific scene at the Humboldt Broncos bus crash, Bernadine and Toby Boulet still hadn't seen their son Logan.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says Eat Smart Salad Shake Ups in Tropical Lime, Asian Sesame and Sweet Kale may be contaminated with Listeria.
Many Canadian children are spending the holidays battling the flu and other respiratory illnesses — and an early start to the flu season might be partly to blame, public health officials say. Doctors say it's not too late to get the flu shot, which they expect to be more effective than last year.
The outbreak of E. coli infections linked to romaine lettuce appears to be over in Canada, with no new illnesses reported since mid-November, according to the Public Health Agency of Canada.
New research conducted in Atlantic Canada has found First Nations children are more likely to suffer painful conditions, but are less likely to see specialists or access mental-health services.
Project Warrior sees Moose Jaw paramedic Nicholas Hennink making music, taking pictures of first responders and raising money through donations and the sale of merchandise — 100 per cent of which goes to OSICAN to help first responders seek professional help.
As an overdose crisis began taking shape in Denver, Colo., one of the places the city's leaders looked for answers was north of the border.
From master chef Julia Child to kitchen bible The Joy of Cooking, home chefs have been told for decades to rinse that Christmas turkey before putting it in the oven.
When skilled barbers and hairstylists get their patrons to open up, it offers a chance to promote healthier choices.
The province of Saskatchewan is losing all but one of its gynecologic oncologists. Departing specialists say burn out was inevitable without additional manpower and support. It's a chronic issue in smaller centres in Canada.
The hustle and bustle of the holiday season is often stressful at the best of times — and for families dealing with dementia, it can be especially taxing.
Data compiled by CBC News shows the four major hospitals in the region regularly at or over capacity in a stretch between April and November 2018.
Dennis Brooks says there are no warm places when you're homeless. He should know. Originally from Glace Bay, N.S., Brooks, 54, was homeless in Toronto on and off for more than 20 years.
"Despite recent reports being leaked to media, I wanted to clarify that Adonis is awake," his partner Simone God wrote in a news release Saturday evening. The Montreal boxer has been in hospital since a boxing match Dec. 1 that left him with a brain injury.
Distraught by watching her son nearly die of a drug overdose, a Pennsylvania mother and her husband drove seven hours to Windsor, Ont., to meet the former addicts who now run a "sober bar."
Like an awful hurricane, I just stand in fear and awe and resolve to keep living through it.
Canada's legalization of recreational cannabis was described as a 'national uncontrolled experiment' - and it wasn't the only one in 2018.
Residents in Nanaimo, B.C., are being told not to use water after a powerful storm caused widespread damage Thursday..
A closer look at the day's most notable stories with The National's Jonathon Gatehouse.
The Competition Bureau has ended its investigation into three name brand drug companies that are accused of hampering their generic rivals by restricting access to samples of their patented drugs needed for testing. The bureau concluded Celgene, Pfizer and Sanofi did not contravene the Competition Act.
The holidays are known for being a time of relaxation, kicking back, and having a nice glass of wine, but for some people, the latter part makes the holidays that much more difficult.