Doctors send invoices to insurance companies or lawyers all the time for things not covered by provincial health care plans. This would be no different.
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Doctors send invoices to insurance companies or lawyers all the time for things not covered by provincial health care plans. This would be no different.
A self-declared "caravan" of Americans bused across the Canada-U.S. border on Saturday, seeking affordable prices for insulin and raising awareness of "the insulin price crisis" in the United States.
When it comes to health and science research, spin exaggerates the benefit of a treatment and plays down the risks. And spin can affect how people judge the benefit of treatments they read about in the news, according to the first randomized controlled trial to test the effect of spin on readers.
Vincent Lambert, a quadriplegic French patient who has been in a vegetative state for more than a decade should be allowed to die, France's top court ruled on Friday.
Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques says he's adapting well to life back on Earth following a more than six-month mission in space.
A Japanese court ruled Friday that the government's policy of segregating leprosy patients from their families long after the disease became curable was a violation of human rights.
A cybersecurity issue has been identified in the MiniMed 508 and MiniMed Paradigm series of wireless insulin pumps made by Medtronic.
The eastern Ontario town is trying to figure out how to best deal with a pending doctor shortage as two physicians are set to leave their practices, leaving about 2,100 patients without primary care.
A baby died after going into medical distress while a massive parade was being held last week for the NBA champion Toronto Raptors, but a claim by the Toronto police union's head that officers and first responders had trouble getting to the child because of the packed crowd is being disputed by officials.
Some two dozen people from the United States will be in London, Ont., this weekend to buy cheap insulin at area pharmacies and pay tribute to the co-founder of the lifesaving medication.
Apple is recalling some MacBook Pro laptops because of a possible fire hazard.
New research from the University of Montreal links diets high in ultra-processed foods including carbonated drinks, mass-produced cookies and ice cream, and sweetened yogurts to chronic disease.
Canadians looking to enjoy soon-to-be-legalized pot-infused edibles could get hit with higher insurance premiums — depending on the size of their appetites.
Vaccination against the virus that causes almost all cervical cancer is having a major impact on stopping infections and should significantly reduce cases of the disease within a decade, researchers said on Wednesday.
A North Dakota company has quietly been coming into Manitoba to offer diagnostic services for a fee, catching health officials off guard and sparking the health minister to order a review into the mobile clinic.
The discovery of the restricted feed additive ractopamine in a Canadian shipment of pork products to China prompted a halt of all imports of Canadian meat — something that could have a significant impact on Canada's producers. CBC News looks into ractopamine, its use in Canada and why it's banned in some countries.
Like most 13 year olds, Miles Ambridge loves super hero movies. But unlike others his age, he doesn’t wish he had super powers. He says he just wants to be able to walk one day. Or at the very least, crawl.
Between September and December 2018, 16 cases of harm involving recreational cannabis were reported among those under 18, according to preliminary findings by the Canadian Paediatric Surveillance Program.
An explicit sex guide describing fetishes and drug use was offered to preteens inside a B.C. classroom, prompting outrage from parents and an official apology from the school district.
When clinics advertise unproven stem cell therapies, patients may be lulled into a false sense of security when the doctors aren't trained to provide the advertised services, a new U.S. study suggests.
The medical officer of health for the Thunder Bay District Health Unit says it's "disheartening" that public health officials had to declare an outbreak of HIV in the population of the northwestern Ontario city who are homeless or lack stable housing.
San Francisco will become the first major city in the United States to ban the sale of e-cigarettes.
On the eve of a city council vote that could determine the fate of its planned shelter on Montreal Road, the Salvation Army is proposing to dramatically reduce the number of emergency beds at the facility and cancelling plans to offer addictions treatment there.
Even in the dead of winter, Montreal firefighters are going to be hosed off before leaving the scene of a fire in an effort to reduce the amount of cancer-causing contaminants they are exposed to.
Authorities warn that temperatures could top 40 C in some parts of the continent over the coming days. Meteorologists blame a blast of air from the African Sahara for the unusually early summer heatwave.
U.S. FDA warns 2 companies selling illegal, unapproved kratom drug products marketed for opioid cessation, pain treatment and other medical uses.
U.S. health officials are turning to a retired, professional basketball star to help battle one of the deadliest Ebola outbreaks in history.
Chase Ruttig, assistant regional manager at Prairie Records, is cautioning owners to double check before purchasing cannabis online, as some illegal cannabis is being made to look legitimate.
Ontario's special adviser on health care is recommending giving patients real-time emergency department wait times, increasing access to virtual visits, and investing more in community mental health services.
A former Ottawa fertility doctor alleged to have used his sperm to inseminate patients is facing a disciplinary hearing by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario in Toronto today.
For Louisa Snowboy, giving birth in Chisasibi meant being back in her own bed, with her healthy newborn and her older children, just four hours after giving birth — rather than having to stay for several weeks in a town almost 1,000 kilometres from home.
Corinne McKay says she'd always wanted to see Machu Picchu, and while the 57-year-old has cystic fibrosis, she said she figured she was healthy enough to do the trek now. So she did.
A father accused in his son's meningitis death is testifying in a southern Alberta courtroom where the man and his wife are accused of failing to get medical attention for the toddler.
The U.S. government has removed most of the children from a remote Border Patrol station in Texas following reports that more than 300 kids were detained there and caring for each other with inadequate food, water and sanitation.
In Canada, about 23 per cent of mothers who recently gave birth reported feelings consistent with either postpartum depression or an anxiety disorder.
A plastic surgeon is leaving Manitoba for two years to learn how to do bottom surgery for transgender patients who must travel out of province to have the life-changing operation done.
Samantha Rideout says a fall last year led to a broken foot, but despite several trips to the hospital emergency room, it went undiagnosed, setting into motion a series of events that resulted in the amputation of the St. John's woman's right leg from the knee down.
Dr. Marlyn Cook is a Cree doctor who returned home to work with her community. She is a 2019 Indspire award winner in the health category and is being honoured for blending traditional healing and western science.
The first students from the wave of Syrian refugees who came to Canada in 2015-16 are now graduating high school. While some have dropped out, those who are getting their grade 12 diplomas are grateful for the opportunity to finish their education, and have big plans for the future.
New Brunswick Public Health wanted to urge the 2,500 athletes from across the Maritimes, Quebec and New England participating in the East Coast Games in Saint John this weekend to ensure their measles vaccines were up to date before arriving because of an ongoing outbreak.
Scientists still don't know whether chronic wasting disease is a human health risk. But there is emerging evidence by Canadian researchers that this deadly animal disease could jump the species barrier. That's why some scientists are calling on Ottawa to take greater precautions.
Canadians are being warned about the spread of a deadly animal disease that might have the potential to infect humans. This week a letter signed by a group of scientists and researchers called on the federal government to come up with stricter measures to contain the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease.
Five Inuit have filed a lawsuit against the federal government over medical experiments, including skin grafts, they say were performed on them in the 1960s and '70s.
The American Psychoanalytic Association apologizes for past views treating homosexuality as a mental illness.
Allergan Inc. is facing legal action after a type of breast implants it sold was linked by Health Canada to a higher risk of a rare form of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
A recent study published in the British Medical Journal found that teen vaping rose by a whopping 74 per cent in a single year in Canada.
Women who are pregnant or may become pregnant should avoid the wakefulness-promoting drug modafinil, sold as Alertec, to prevent serious harm to the fetus, Health Canada warns.
More than a dozen residents at a Chinese nursing home in Toronto are part of the fastest growing age group in Canada — people 100 years old and older.
Cardiac patients aren't attending rehabilitation sessions despite their benefit after receiving stents.
A woman from Nova Scotia's Pictou County says she's so desperate to get help for her 10-year-old son and his mental-health issues, she's refusing to leave the emergency department at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax.