A new Commons committee report is calling on Ottawa to launch a mandatory national breast implant registry that would gather “reliable and comprehensive data on the risk and benefits” of implants and alert patients promptly in the event of a recall.
New research suggests nearly 60 per cent of public spaces in Calgary, Vancouver and Ottawa are either inaccessible or partially inaccessible to people with disabilities.
Canada's 988 hotline, which gives people access to suicide prevention services via call or text, is now available in all provinces and territories, 24/7 and free of charge. Its goal is to prevent suicide.
A family doctor recruited to work for a decade in the northern Manitoba community of The Pas left after just 16 months and is now refusing and/or neglecting to repay a $100,000 interest-free loan, according to documents filed in court.
Ottawa Public Health (OPH) is calling on the federal government to follow the example of New Zealand's "smoke-free generation" law, which sought to ban cigarette sales to anyone born after 2008 for their entire lifetime.
A research team made up of Canadian scientists and researchers from the Democratic Republic of the Congo has documented the first known cases of a deadlier strain of mpox spreading through sexual contact.
Jeanette Zacarias Zapata, an 18-year-old fighter from Mexico, died after a boxing match on Aug. 28, 2021 in Montreal. On Tuesday, a Quebec coroner's report on her death was made public.
Inflation is having an effect on the mental health as well as the financial health of Atlantic Canadians, a new survey suggests.
The union that represents nurses in Newfoundland and Labrador says travel nurses are being given shifts before some full-time and casual nurses in the province.
As the Yukon Hospital Corporation cuts back on some services and warns patients of possible delays — one doctor working between Vancouver and Whitehorse believes it's time to delegate more work to nurse practitioners and physician assistants.
New Democrats say that if the Liberal government can't honour its commitment to pass pharmacare legislation by the end of this year, it will have to enhance the legislation to deliver "more results."
A global shortage of a drug used for Type 2 diabetes is being felt in the N.W.T. and could disproportionately affect Indigenous people.
After being diagnosed with colon cancer earlier this year, Dr. Anil Kapoor of Ontario was prescribed the common chemotherapy medication Fluorouracil. Three weeks later, he died from a toxic reaction to it. His brothers are on a mission to uncover who is most at risk and what the Canadian health-care system should do about it.
A heated debate is brewing in Alberta that has implications for the future of primary care in the province.
Pregnant individuals face “extreme health risks from climate catastrophes,” according to a report released this week by the World Health Organization (WHO) and other United Nations agencies.
More than 100 people in the U.S. and Canada have been sickened by salmonella after eating cantaloupe or additional fruits and brands under recall.
Before the ex-politician helmed a major review of health emergency management, he wrote about an imagined COVID commission. The reports reach many similar conclusions.
There's more than you think to the age-old debate over why generations of teenagers often refuse to zip up when the temperature goes down.
Nearly 2.5 million Canadians have indicated they want to be organ and tissue donors, thanks to a Conservative private member's bill that lets people tick a box on their annual tax return.
Reports of clusters of unexplained pneumonia among children in multiple cities in China made headlines this week. Yet Chinese authorities and close watchers of the situation say the rise in illness is likely linked to known threats circulating after the country lifted public health restrictions — not a new pathogen.
Canadian Blood Services says research clearly shows there is now virtually no risk of transmitting variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease through new blood transfusions.
The World Health Organization has asked China for details on an increase in respiratory illnesses and reported clusters of pneumonia in children, which its China office on Thursday called a 'routine' check.
Details of the new Teladoc virtual care contract have been revealed, but health-care leaders harbour concerns about its cost, suitability and how it’s being deployed.
There are early signals Canada's respiratory virus season is underway. And after a roller-coaster of viral dynamics during the COVID-19 pandemic, some say this season could mark a return to relative normalcy.
An Ottawa woman says she was kicked off an Ontario waiting list for a family doctor after visiting an Appletree clinic where she says she was rostered with a family doctor without her knowledge.
Canada is now moving away from using Pap smears to screen for cervical cancer screening in favour of HPV, which is more effective and can be done at home.
The World Health Organization has declared loneliness a global health threat — as bad for your health as smoking 15 cigarettes a day.
Amherstburg, Ont., resident Jennifer Duguay says she’s still in disbelief that she crossed the border to get a biopsy after she was denied care in Windsor due to ongoing hospital delays caused by a ransomware attack.
People in recovery from eating disorders and clinicians who treat them say the proliferation of drugs like Ozempic for weight loss puts patients at risk of relapse.
For the first time, top leadership from the five hospitals impacted by a ransomware attack in southwestern Ontario answered questions from the media — acknowledging the significant impact the incident has had on care as well as the large amount of stolen data.
A growing body of research points to clear links between deep sleep and memory formation, and on the flip side, the possibility of dire consequences when someone’s sleep quality erodes over time. One new study found a decrease in deep sleep was associated with a higher risk of dementia.
At least 43 people in the U.S. and nine in Canada have been infected with an outbreak strain of salmonella linked to cantaloupes, officials say. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning people not to eat three recalled brands of cantaloupe.
Jennifer Bercier says "an invisible line with a huge barrier" separates Manitoba First Nations like hers from the rest of the province, after her daughter lost all of her disability support and services upon turning 18.
Eight days after the appointment of a new board of directors was announced, AHS says that six senior executives are no longer in their roles.
Robyn Hodgson says she’s watched struggling young people heal, grow and ultimately thrive because of gender-affirming health care.
A panel reviewing Alberta's COVID-19 response is calling for rule changes to ensure the premier and cabinet have the last word in future crises.
Both regulation and more parental involvement needed to rein in social media experiment, psychiatrists and scientists say.
Despite widely publicized reports of rare but severe side effects, obesity doctors say Ozempic and drugs like it have the potential to vastly medical help for a chronic illness that patients have been forced for too long to try to cure on their own.
Climate change is increasingly impacting the health and survival of people worldwide, and projections show risks will quickly rise with further inaction, scientists warn in a new report.
The Canadian Cancer Society is demanding the federal government immediately regulate the sale of flavoured nicotine pouches, a product Ottawa approved for sale in July with no restrictions on how it’s advertised or who can buy it.
Kelsey Arsenault is a music therapist. But she had to give it up to make ends meet. Now she's working a desk job to pay off the degree she got for a job she just can't do.
In the new era Alberta's premier is ushering in, the province's monolithic superagency is getting broken into separate organizations by function.
Essex county resident Kale McMurren was eager to be done his cancer treatment when an attack on hospital systems derailed the final weeks of his care.
Antibiotic resistance has emerged as a global health threat and fuelled so-called superbugs that can’t be treated by first-line antibiotics. But proper stewardship of the potentially life-saving drugs can help ensure they remain effective.
Sony's new Access Controller is just the latest in a slowly growing number of products aimed at making traditional video games easier for disabled gamers to play.
The comments came during final debate on a bill that would allow Nova Scotia to join other provinces in a class-action lawsuit against opioid manufacturers.
A procedure known as endovascular thrombectomy can turn what would be a devastating stroke into something that leaves just a mild disability or none at all. But time is crucial, prompting hospitals to find small efficiencies that can make a huge difference.
An inquest jury examining the suicide of a Fredericton-area teenager makes several recommnedations to try to prevent similar deaths in future.
A Winnipeg doctor hopes his legacy of providing health care to LGBTQ patients — one of only a few local physicians doing so at the height of the HIV/AIDS crisis — extends beyond his life.
The Alberta government is announcing it will restructure the delivery of health care in the province, a realignment of services Premier Danielle Smith says will help solve capacity issues caused by a flawed system.
Canada performs better than average on three-quarters of health status indicators, including life expectancy and preventable deaths from lung cancer, heart attacks and strokes, according to a new report comparing 38 high-income countries.
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston has apologized to people in the province with disabilities for years of “historic, systemic discrimination.”
A database containing information on 5.6 million patient visits to Bluewater Health and the social insurance numbers of as many as 1,446 Chatham-Kent Health Alliance employees are among the data taken in the ransomware attack on five southwestern Ontario hospitals, officials said in a lengthy update Monday.
Newfoundland and Labrador is hiring a handful of physician assistants for a pilot project that aims to lead to widespread use of the health-care profession already working in many other provinces.
Registered nurses in Ontario will soon be able to independently prescribe some medications like birth control, the province's health minister announced Monday.
Virtual urgent care didn't make a dent in diverting patients with less severe health problems from going to emergency departments during the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario, according to researchers in a study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
One out of three Canadians have diabetes or are in the prediabetes stage. Health experts say diet and exercise play a huge role in managing blood sugar levels.
In September, after 60 years of service with the organization, thoracic surgeon Dr. David Mulder retired from his role as the Montreal Canadiens' head physician.
