When Pete* moved back to Bruce County in 2021, he was reeling from a breakup, the loss of his service industry job in Toronto, the realization that his drinking was out of control and a…
TORONTO - The Canadian Cancer Society is recommending that people stay within existing daily limits of aspartame consumption and encouraging more studies on the artificial sweetener after…
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Health Security Agency said on Friday that measles vaccination rates in parts of London have dropped so low that the capital could see tens of thousands of cases…
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says there’s been a 99 per cent drop in the number of online Ozempic prescriptions filled by Americans from pharmacies in that province since it…
Opioids should not be prescribed to treat acute neck and lower back pain, new research suggests. The Australian study, published in The Lancet on Wednesday, found patients given opioid…
VANCOUVER - Sukinder Mangat has been waiting 11 years for a kidneytransplant while enduring dialysis three times a week as part of a routine that leaves him exhausted, worried and unable…
In February, Rebecca De Oliveira underwent weight loss surgery. She agonized over the decision, grappling with it with her therapist. And she kept it a secret from almost everyone in her…
TORONTO - Kids Help Phone says it’s turning to artificial intelligence to help respond to the “enormous need” as more and more young people reach out for mental health help and support.…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Fourth of July is Americana at its core: parades and cookouts and cold beer and, of course, fireworks.Those pyrotechnics also make it an especially dangerous holiday,…
After struggling with anorexia in her teens, Sheri Segal Glick thought she’d beat the disease for good. But as the Ottawa lawyer and mom of three found out: contrary to popular belief,…