Breast augmentation is the most popular cosmetic surgery in the world, with 10 million women opting for breast implants during the past decade. We took hidden cameras into the offices of three Toronto plastic surgeons to review how they explain and sell the procedure.
Researchers say the shock created by Chinese scientist He Jiankui's claim that he helped make the world's first gene-edited babies could set back responsible studies into preventing genetic disorders.
Global health experts are urging the Trump administration to allow U.S. government disease specialists — "some of the world's most experienced" — to return to northeastern Congo to help fight the second largest Ebola outbreak in history.
The World Health Organization says Congo's deadly Ebola outbreak is now the second largest in history, behind the devastating West Africa outbreak that killed thousands a few years ago.
Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor says she is "deeply concerned" by problems with implanted medical devices that have been been revealed by investigative journalists and has pledged to make changes.
At least 25 Canadian women have developed a rare cancer linked to breast implants — and almost all of them had the same type of textured implant, according to researchers. But Health Canada has no plans to remove this implant from the market or to directly alert Canadian women who have the implants, an investigation by Enquête and Radio-Canada has shown.
Health Canada has been warning about MMS for years, the so-called Miracle Mineral Solution, a bleach-like product that can cause serious illnesses. Now, a B.C. man has been convicted of packaging, advertising and selling the solution.
China's government orders a halt to work by a medical team that claims it helped make the world's first gene-edited babies, as a group of leading scientists declared it's still too soon to try to make permanent changes to DNA that can be inherited by future generations.
The Canadian Medical Association says it agrees with the findings of a report published by the Lancet journal documenting the health toll of pollution, heat waves, forest fires and infectious disease spread.
A Chinese scientist at the centre of an ethical storm over what he claims are the world's first genetically edited babies said on Wednesday he is proud of his work and revealed that another volunteer is pregnant as part of the research.
Women from across Canada describe how difficult — and expensive — it can be to get an implanted medical device surgically removed when it causes debilitating pain.
Health Canada is cautioning mothers and others who may be consuming human placenta preparations about potential risks for themselves and their babies.
Christine Benoit has been told four times she's medically fit to be discharged from Ottawa's Saint-Vincent Hospital, but each time has been forced to stay because of a shortage of personal support workers.
An Ottawa woman who plans to donate a kidney to her mother says more financial support is needed for living donors who don't have access to sick leave or other health benefits.
The federal government is advising the food industry not to import romaine lettuce from areas in the U.S. suspected of producing lettuce contaminated with E. coli.
Insulin pumps are popular among Canadians with diabetes. The device is convenient and allows the user a greater degree of control over their blood sugar levels. But some experts warn that's precisely why it isn't necessarily the best — or safest — choice for all people with the condition.
Well over 3,000 veterans waited over a year for their disability claims to be processed, reassessed or reviewed by Veterans Affairs Canada during the last budget year, according to new statistics tabled in Parliament.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration believes it has traced the source of the latest E. coli outbreak. The agency said Monday the romaine linked to the outbreak appears to be from the California's Central Coast region.
The provincial government announced it would permit paramedics to administer Olanzapine to agitated people who have used methamphetamine, health minister Cameron Friesen revealed on Monday.
Biocell textured breast implants, made by Allergan, have come under growing scrutiny from some doctors who say they are seeing many of their patients return with debilitating pain.
A Chinese researcher claims he helped make the world's first genetically edited babies — twin girls born this month, with DNA he says he altered with a powerful new tool capable of rewriting the very blueprint of life.
Millions of Canadians rely on surgically implanted medical devices in order to function — to do everything from walk without pain to pump blood through their veins. But a new CBC investigation reveals some devices are approved with scant scientific evidence to show they are safe and effective.
An intense fight over an arcane policy document reveals that Health Canada has figured out how to lower patented drug prices. But the pharmaceutical industry is fighting back with threats about access to new drugs in Canada.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is looking at labelling produce with more specific information to help with tracing in the future.
In Canada, almost a million people live with treatment. But doctors are looking at different approaches that are a bit less invasive yet go straight to the source of the problem deep within the brain.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission heard concerns about coerced sterilization of Indigenous women during its years-long examination of Canada's residential school legacy, Sen. Murray Sinclair said Thursday as he joined a chorus of calls for a national investigation on the issue.
A mould infestation in public housing across the territory is threatening human health — especially Inuit kids. While the Nunavut Housing Corporation is working to address the problem, the process is both lengthy and expensive.
The person responsible for running the province's ambulance system hopes an outside review starting next month will lead to big changes.
The Public Health Agency of Canada is once again telling Canadians not to eat their leafy greens — especially romaine lettuce in Ontario and Quebec. Health officials in the U.S. and Canada are trying to confirm the source of a new E. coli outbreak. But once again, romaine is suspected.
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of B.C. wants a woman known as "Dr. Lipjob" sent to prison for allegedly continuing to give Botox treatments and other injections — in violation of a court order and despite not being properly licensed.
Hundreds of thousands of Canadians are going into debt across the country to pay for prescription medication, according to a study from the University of British Columbia.
Canadian and U.S. officials say they are working to determine the source of an outbreak of E. coli infections.
Descendants and others gathered at the Friendship Centre in Happy Valley-Goose Bay to mark the 100th year since the arrival of the Spanish Flu in Labrador.
Health Canada is looking for outside experts to review its tobacco control strategy — a federal program that appears to have hit a wall after years of helping to drive down smoking rates.
Many children and youth don't know how to intervene, even if they sense that what they're witnessing is wrong, expert says.
A newly elected member of Surrey’s city council who campaigned as a “community physician” without always revealing that she is a naturopath is now the subject of a complaint to her regulatory body.
The shortage in Canada of bupropion, a popular prescription antidepressant, has been stressful for patients with mental illnesses and the people who care for them.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is restricting sales of most e-cigarette flavours to areas of stores where people under age 18 aren't allowed to enter. Canada is not adopting those same restrictions.
Fifty B.C. chiropractors have refused to remove misleading claims from their websites and Facebook pages and are now under investigation by their regulatory body.
Ontario's minister of labour is being asked to intervene in a London, Ont., hospital policy that doctors say is discriminatory and violates the human rights of patients.
A national doctors' group is raising concerns about the Ontario government's move to allow employers to require workers to provide a doctor's note to explain even minor illnesses, such as the common cold.
Two Toronto hospitals that have a financial relationship with a private company that banks blood from babies' umbilical cords say they need to be more upfront about their affiliation after an investigation by CBC’s The Fifth Estate raised questions about their practices.
Drug-resistant infections are predicted to kill an estimated 2.4 million more people by 2050 in developed countries alone, including Canada.
Veterans Affairs will expand access to Halifax’s Camp Hill Veterans Memorial Hospital after a veteran was denied access because his wartime service wasn’t with the Canadian military. Now the minister of veterans affairs says 25 beds will be opened to Allied and modern-day veterans.
More than one-third of caregivers surveyed in Ontario report feeling depressed and many have suffered financial consequences, including time off work or turning down career opportunities.
Canadian police have not seen a spike in cannabis-impaired driving one month since legalization, but there needs to be more awareness of laws around storing marijuana in vehicles and passengers smoking weed, law enforcement officials say.
Canada's territories are spending the most per capita on costs related to substance use, according to a report released Thursday.
Glybera is a made-in-Canada discovery that made history, becoming the world's first drug approved to treat a genetic disease. But when it went on the market at a price of $1 million, it was immediately labelled the most expensive drug in the world and was only sold once.
Toronto's St. Michael's Hospital is marking the 50th anniversary of Canada's first successful heart transplant. "We showed that it can be done," remembered a doctor involved in the landmark surgery.
Problems are inherent in using genetic databases to unearth Indigenous ancestry, but efforts are underway to help Indigenous students acquire skills and knowledge that would help them move into advisory and leadership roles withing genomic research.
