Unlike traditional hip replacements, with incisions through either a patient's side or back, Toronto-based orthopedic surgeon Dr. Amir Khoshbin is performing the operation through the front and using a special surgical table to aid that approach. The result, he says, is a speedier recovery.
Ebola is far from new in Congo, but each appearance is still considered a crisis — one that needs to be quickly contained.
Canada is using a lot of human plasma, more than almost every other country in the world, and a federal panel can’t explain exactly why.
Research has revealed that music therapy can improve motor skills in patients with neurological disorder.
Health officials say they are working hard to get out accurate information about the deadly hemorrhagic fever but are facing significant mistrust.
B.C.’s top doctor says there are “huge potential harms” connected to a homeopathic treatment based on the unfounded claim that vaccines cause most cases of autism.
Virtually everyone has experienced first-hand the long waits in emergency rooms, or knows someone who has. And it's why, in the run-up to the June 7 provincial election, all the parties are vowing to end hallway medicine. Here are some of the major promises on combatting hospital overcrowding.
