The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) will issue a formal apology this week, for the medical profession's role in the harms caused to Indigenous Peoples in the health-care system. Leading up to event, some people have mixed emotions as they reflect on their own experiences and trauma. Katherine Ward reports.
"When you have an IV site, there isn't a needle in your arm. There is a tiny, flexible, plastic catheter, and it's not going to tear through your veins and skin if you bend your elbow."
Dr. Iris Gorfinkel is here to unpack the week's biggest health headlines. We dive into the deadly rabies case in Brantford Ontario and what we know so far. We also explore why the government isn’t offering the Novavax COVID vaccine and look at what’s driving low vaccination rates. Plus, find out why more Canadians are skipping alcohol.
Thousands of their ancestors were expelled to the fringes of the Russian Empire almost two centuries ago for rejecting the Orthodox church and refusing to serve in Czar Nicholas I's army. Today, only about 100 Doukhobors remain in the tight-knit Russian-speaking farming community in two remote mountainous villages.
Researchers are looking at making immunotherapy a much more effective treatment for cancer.
"My medicine is making me stronger," 7-year-old Hudson Sanford says after receiving a breakthrough gene therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
Doing your homework before taking a supplement is crucial, but that doesn't mean they can't play a role in supporting and promoting health, Stefan Pasiakos said.
Laverock was left in critical condition after falling five stories from a balcony walkway on May 26
Researchers said some disease-causing variants in DNA are more than 100 times more common in Shetland and Orkney than in other parts of the UK.
“This report demonstrates that, in post-Dobbs America, being pregnant places people at increased risk, not only of dire health outcomes, but of arrest.”
WASHINGTON (AP) — If you have stained or chipped teeth, you might be considering veneers, customized teeth coverings that can restore a photogenic smile without more extensive dental work.
According to the CDC, the sick travelers' symptoms included diarrhea, abdominal cramps, headache and muscle aches
More than 3,000 volunteers from 46 states are participating in what’s being called the largest brain study to date.
Meghan attended the Children's Hospital L.A. 2024 Gala on Saturday, Oct. 5 without her husband, Prince Harry
There's an area on Highway 3 near Nelson, B.C., that Dr. Nicholas Sparrow knows well. There are no markers or special features, but he can easily find where he helped a person in an accident get out of their vehicle with broken femurs in both legs.A broken femur can cause a person to lose up to 1.5 litres of blood, so he had to work fast. "Potentially now this is a major, major trauma with potential for blood loss," he recently told Dr. Brian Goldman, host of CBC's White Coat, Black Art. The pat
A child has died from rabies after waking up to a bat in their bedroom, according to a Canadian health official. The case in Brant County, southern Ontario, was confirmed a month ago, with the resident receiving hospital treatment. It is the first case involving a human in Brant County - which is roughly 200km southwest of Toronto - and the first domestically-acquired case of human rabies in Ontario since 1967.
As two new Health Canada approved vaccines start to arrive at pharmacies, public health officials are encouraging those who most need protection to get the updated vaccines
Not all apple ciders are created equal, according to the FDA
The Abbott Laboratories PCR test is designed for clinical use to detect mpox virus DNA from skin lesion swabs. Joe Scarpelli has the details and more in Health Matters for Oct. 4, 2024.
Billionaire tech executive Elon Musk cast the upcoming presidential election in dire terms during a Saturday appearance with Donald Trump, calling the Republican presidential nominee the only candidate “to preserve democracy in America.”
On the same day Vice President Kamala Harris is campaigning in Flint, Michigan, filmmaker Michael Moore is warning of a fatal “mistake that could be made in these final 4-5 weeks” until Election Day.“If Harris is advised by her wealthy donors to shun the left and drop her more progressive positions in favor of a ‘move to the center,’” Moore writes in a new Substack post, it could “reduce or depress the vote.” The Fahrenheit 9/11 director grew up in the suburbs of Flint, and made the Midwestern c
