The Alberta government has proposed a number of changes that would impact how doctors in Alberta schedule, bill and interact with their patients – and the "severity" of those changes has led many in the profession to speak out.
Treating HIV infection hours to days after birth could improve a person's chances of having a long and healthy life, researchers say.
An investigation by Radio-Canada's Enquête found over 30 women, implanted with suburethral slings, felt the need to have the devices surgically removed in the United States because they no longer trust that urologists in Quebec can perform the surgery properly.
More than 750 front-line nurses are to be laid off under a "massive downsizing" at Alberta Health Services, the United Nurses of Alberta said Friday.
The Quebec government wants to expand the criteria for accessing medical assistance in death in the province, the provincial health minister announced this morning.
Michigan health officials are reporting the state’s second death associated with an outbreak of vaping-related lung injuries.
The Quebec government and the province’s federation of medical specialists have signed an agreement they say should limit service interruptions in hospitals across the province.
Fewer people are dying in Cape Breton hospitals this year compared to last year, but the mortality rate is still the highest in the country, according to the Canadian Institute for Health Information.
With his community in the middle of a devastating suicide crisis, the chief of the Makwa Sahgaiehcan First Nation in Saskatchewan has made the six-hour drive to the provincial legislature looking for a prevention strategy.
A Toronto plastic surgeon could face a class-action lawsuit over allegations that he breached the privacy rights of patients by recording them - sometimes in a state of undress - without their consent using surveillance cameras inside his clinic.
Giving women with very dense breasts an MRI scan in addition to a mammogram led to fewer missed cancers but also to a lot of false alarms, a large new study suggests.
Rebels have attacked and killed Ebola response workers in eastern Congo, the World Health Organization chief said Thursday, an alarming development that could cause the waning outbreak to again pick up momentum in what has been called a war zone.
Ontario's Official Opposition has called for a "full investigation" into the use of trespass orders against visitors and family members at retirement homes following an investigation by CBC's Marketplace.
A list of proposals for reforming B.C.'s system for regulating health professionals was released by a cross-party government committee on Wednesday morning, with the goals of increasing transparency and accountability, improving public safety and making the regulatory system more efficient.
Massachusetts adopts toughest ban in the U.S. on the sale of flavoured tobacco and vaping products, including menthol cigarettes, in response to a rise in youth vaping and an outbreak of vaping-related serious lung injuries.
A doctor from the United States says the process to work in Nova Scotia is "enormously frustrating and stressful" and needs to be overhauled if it wants to recruit more international physicians.
Three years ago, Joan MacDonald weighed 198 pounds and was on daily medication. Today, she is pill-free and turning heads in the fitness world.
After rising for decades, life expectancy in the U.S. decreased for three straight years, driven by higher rates of death among middle-aged Americans, a new study suggests.
Ebola responders are on lockdown in the eastern Congo city of Beni after angry residents attacked a UN base to protest repeated rebel assaults, WHO says.
A federal lawyer says a legal challenge by Dr. Brian Day is based on increasing income because doctors enrolled in the public system are prohibited from charging patients for medically necessary services in private clinics.
A grocery store can feel like an assault on the senses for people with sensory processing disorders.
The U.S. Center for Science in the Public Interest has called on regulators to take enforcement action against 27 companies — including two Canadian ones — that sell fertility supplements after its investigation found there's no scientific evidence the products help women get pregnant.
Food safety experts suggest ways to improve the safety of romaine lettuce.
One of the young Albertans, referred to as Ian in the 54-page report, killed himself two months before his 23rd birthday.
Mothers and their newborns are in danger because of the persistent staff shortage at the obstetrics department of the Shawville Hospital, according to a nurse who works there.
Nourish Nova Scotia has been advocating for a national school food program for about a year. They're hopeful their voices were heard and that the new federal government will implement one.
More children in Africa being paralyzed by viruses originating in polio vaccines than in the wild, according to a new report.
A dermatologist who treats at least two clients a week with injuries from laser hair removal says it's "frustrating" to see clients suffering due to a lack of regulation in the Canadian beauty industry.
If you live in Ontario and come down with pink eye or a skin rash, you may soon be able to go straight to your local pharmacist for help. The Ontario Pharmacists Association will recommend to the province that its members be allowed to prescribe and renew medication for minor ailments.
A longtime surgical nurse says the rise of of surgical items being left inside patients is because of systemic problems that are causing medical teams to rush through operations.
A new study suggests cannabis could be a safer and more effective substitute for opioids in the treatment of chronic pain, but can it help fight the opioid crisis?
Wives of some retired hockey enforcers are in their own fight, taking on the NHL and commissioner Gary Bettman, seeking an acknowledgement of a link between fights and head injuries on the ice and long-term effects like degenerative brain disease.
A U.S. outbreak of E. coli infections linked to romaine lettuce has led to warnings in both the United States and Canada for consumers to check labels for where the produce was grown.
It's not a headline that you expect to see in 2019. But plague is back in the news after China reported three cases of the infectious disease earlier this month. Here's why experts say there's no need to panic.
Mary Sardelis was banned from seeming her mom in an Ottawa seniors home for almost a year under Ontario's Trespass to Property Act. So-called trespass orders allow private property owners to ban unwanted guests from entering their premises.
New Brunswick's education minister is making rare use of the Canadian Constitution's notwithstanding clause to ensure his new legislation on mandatory vaccinations won't be overturned by court challenges.
A working group with the Nova Scotia Health Authority is considering the best way to introduce a family practice anesthesia pilot program. For Ontario doctor Annie Lu, it means she can't do locums in Nova Scotia.
A Lunenburg County woman wants to make it easier for Nova Scotians to donate their brains for research in honour of her dad who had dementia and died a decade ago.
It has the makings of a mountaineering first next spring when an Edmonton heart attack survivor attempts to summit the highest mountain on Earth.
Teenagers worldwide are jeopardizing their health by failing to get enough exercise to reduce their risk of obesity and cardiovascular diseases, warns a World Health Organization-led study released Friday.
A controversial private member's bill that called for more protection for Alberta health workers who invoke conscience rights, was rejected Thursday by an all-party committee of the legislature.
Cafeterias at Canadian Forces Base Halifax are no longer serving fountain pop and have fewer sugary treats in an effort to promote better nutrition among military members and civilians.
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday warned of "a very dangerous and alarming development" in efforts to end the Ebola outbreak in eastern Congo, warning that the eruption of violence may re-ignite the epidemic.
A hidden camera investigation by CBC’s Marketplace found opticians and sales associates at some of Canada’s largest optical chains making “misleading” health claims about blue light from digital screens, but experts say there is no scientific evidence that blue light from computer monitors and screens is harmful.
Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appeared open to a proposal from the municipality to provide millions in funding for a safe supply of opioids to reduce overdose deaths.
An overflow of patients has forced three services to close at Campbellton Regional Hospital, which says it is taking "extreme emergency measures" to solve the problem.
A lack of mandatory training in the beauty industry is putting clients at risk of permanent injury, a problem some industry professionals say will continue until the provincial government imposes more regulation.
Thousands of dollars in medical supplies have been recovered and two women are facing charges after a Saskatoon family had $5,100 of bandages for their son stolen from their porch.
Infants are more vulnerable to measles infection than previously thought, a new study suggests. The findings debunk notions that most babies are protected for much of their first year by maternal antibodies passed on through pregnancy.
Black women in Nova Scotia are less likely than white women to get mammograms and PAP tests that screen for breast and cervical cancer, a new review out of the University of Toronto has found.
An Ontario teen who was put on life-support after being diagnosed with a severe vaping-related illness may be the first documented case of a different form of damage linked to e-cigarettes, according to a study published Thursday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
U.S. President Donald Trump will host a meeting on vaping at the White House on Friday with a range of groups, including industry and public health representatives, a White House spokesperson said on Wednesday.
Diamond & Diamond, a national personal injury law firm in Canada, is spearheading a $500 million class action lawsuit against various Roundup makers, including pharmaceutical company Bayer, the owner of Roundup maker Monsanto.
