It’s no secret that many young people across Canada have been facing mental health struggles , especially following the pandemic. Nicole German joins Candace Daniel to discuss the importance of erasing the stigma surrounding depression and how her daughter’s legacy lives on through The Maddie Project.
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The girl claiming to be Madeleine McCann has revealed to Dr Phil what her next steps are once she receives her DNA results back. Source: Dr. Phil
Haroon Rashid says he was forced to say goodbye to his son as medical staff at Sheffield Children’s Hospital in the same room were laughing in the background.
A rare bacterium found in artificial tears known is triggering eye drop recalls as investigators try to pinpoint the outbreak source. Here's a full list of products.
Add core exercises like hanging leg raises, hollow holds, and the Pallof press to your workout routine to build strong abs and prevent injury.
Muhamad Jameel shakes his head in disbelief, recalling the last conversation he had with his ailing father, Muhammad Rasool, before kissing him goodnight.
'Early detection saves lives and it helped save mine,' says the BBC Radio 1 DJ.
Young women who received at least one dose of the COVID vaccine made by AstraZeneca may have been more likely to die of a heart problem in the 12 weeks after their vaccination, according to an analysis of immunization and death records in Britain released Monday. Those findings carry a big caveat: Britain withdrew AstraZeneca’s vaccine use for people younger than 30 in April 2021, citing the risk of rare but dangerous blood clots. By that time, the young women who were immunized would have been
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis was hospitalized with a respiratory infection Wednesday after experiencing difficulty breathing in recent days and will remain in the Rome hospital for several days of treatment, the Vatican said. The 86-year-old pope, who had part of one lung removed as a young man, doesn't have COVID-19, spokesman Matteo Bruni said in a statement late Wednesday. The hospitalization was the first since Francis spent 10 days at the Gemelli hospital in July 2021 to have 33 centime
Thousands of people in the United States have been getting their Ozempic this year from pharmacies in British Columbia, prompting the province to announce a restriction on sales to avoid a local shortage of the diabetes medication. At a news conference Tuesday, Health Minister Adrian Dix detailed the results of an internal ministry investigation into the cross-border issue, saying that nearly one in five Ozempic prescriptions in B.C. went to American residents in the first two months of the year
Other dietary programmes analysed in study had were found to have ‘little or no benefit’ compared with minimal intervention
REGINA — The Saskatchewan government is to spend up to $6 million to send patients to Calgary for hip and knee surgeries, a move that has irked the province’s largest health-care union. An agreement made public Wednesday shows the province is to pay private provider Canadian Surgical Solutions to perform the procedures until March 2024. Health Minister Paul Merriman has said the contract with the Calgary facility is meant to help people get their surgeries done faster, but CUPE Local 5430 Presid
‘My rear end would get super inflamed and it would get really really hard and really hot,’ she said about side effects of injections
The ONS’ Coronavirus Infection Survey has ceased after three years. Two experts explain why it was a uniquely useful source of data.
If you bought a salad bowl for lunch in a compostable cardboard container, that greener choice may have come with a dash of "forever chemicals" called PFAS — and so do other kinds of paper food packaging in Canada, a new study suggests. Should you worry? Here's a closer look at what those chemicals are, what food packaging they're found in most, and what the findings of the study mean. What are 'forever chemicals'? PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are a group of more than 9,000 human-m
The TV chef describes how ‘awful’ it was as he shares health update amid treatment for cancer
“For years, doctors have said to patients with symptoms of heart palpitations that they should avoid caffeinated coffee because it could worsen them,” says Dr Neil Srinivasan, an NHS consultant cardiologist specialising in heart rhythms.
Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy won U.S. approval in June 2021 with a label that says it can be used for chronic weight management in patients with a body mass index (BMI) of 27 or more who have at least one weight-related ailment, or in any patient with a BMI of 30 or greater. * Obesity Canada: updated its standards of care document in October 2022 to include use of semaglutide, the chemical name for Wegovy, and a related diabetes drug. * In November 2022, the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) prioritized semaglutide over older medications in its new guidance but suggested that drugs should be used alongside diet and exercise changes in patients who had inadequate responses to lifestyle interventions alone.
The Crown’s Jason Watkins and his wife hope to raise awareness of the disease after losing their daughter.
Doctors say nearly 30% of patients who suffer severe COVID-19 symptoms will experience hair loss within a few months.
