Tag Archives: health

HALIFAX - A group representing the majority of First Nations chiefs in Nova Scotia says the provincial government's budget cuts appear to be targeting Mi'kmaw-specific programs. Maw-lukutijik Saqmaq, ...

TORONTO - The Canadian Paediatric Society is recommending cholesterol screening for all kids between two and 10 years old. The position statement released Friday says atherosclerosis - or plaque build...

VANCOUVER - A man who died after being beaten by police in 2015 had been injecting unprescribed testosterone, his family doctor told a public hearing into the death. But Dr. Christoffel Mentz-Serfonte...

MONTRAL - Universities and junior colleges across Quebec are launching a new campaign to counter the rise of male influencers. The bilingual strategy is part of the third phase of the campaign entitle...

OTTAWA - The federal government has announced more than $41 million for cancer prevention research. A news release said six research funding organizations contributed funds, including the Canadian Ins...

Ty Sperle says he felt "insane shock" after learning he'd been cured of a rare genetic disease through a clinical trial using a new gene-editing treatment. The B.C. man says he'd started that day last...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President JD Vance announced Wednesday that the Trump administration would "temporarily halt" some Medicaid funding to the state of Minnesota over fraud concerns, as part of wha...

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government is cutting funds from mental health programs tied to the 2020 mass shooting in the province. The cuts are part of a $130-million reduction in government grants to ...

TORONTO - An annual hospital ranking by Newsweek magazine has deemed Toronto General the second-best in the world. The University Health Network (UHN) hospital has moved up a spot since last year, pla...

OTTAWA - Cervical cancer is both the fastest-growing type of cancer in Canada and one that is almost completely preventable - and advocates are gathering in Ottawa on Wednesday to call on the federal ...