FDA approves first digital pill to track when patients take medication

American regulators have approved the first drug with a sensor that can track whether patients have taken their medicine.

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Surgeons repair spina bifida in fetus for first time in Canada, hospitals say

For the first time in Canada, a team of surgeons has successfully performed in-utero surgery to repair a form of spina bifida, two Toronto hospitals say.

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Shoppers Drug Mart posts job for medical marijuana brand manager

Shoppers Drug Mart is looking to hire a medical marijuana brand manager as it tries to position itself in the burgeoning cannabis market, even though it is not currently legal to distribute the drug through pharmacies.

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Trump nominates former pharmaceutical executive for health secretary post

Turning to an industry he's rebuked, U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Monday he wants Alex Azar, a former deputy for the health department-turned-pharmaceutical executive, to be his health secretary.

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Report shows Ontario government knew of mercury contamination near Grassy Narrows 30 years ago

Grassy Narrows First Nation will be reviewing all its options in the wake of a report that shows the province knew nearly 30 years ago that a nearby mill site upstream from the community was contaminated with mercury, the community's chief says.

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Bublé​ announces return to the stage following son's cancer diagnosis

Canadian crooner Michael Bublé will return to the stage in the United Kingdom next July after he and his wife, actress Luisana Lopilato, suspended their careers to focus on their eldest son who was diagnosed with cancer last year.

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Women less likely to get CPR from bystanders, study suggests

New research has found that women suffering cardiac arrest in public were not given CPR as often as men were.

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