Artificial Intelligence can be a powerful tool in the health-care sector, synthesizing large amounts of data to spot new trends, all the while helping doctors make informed and educated decisions. But when it comes to information about women and their own personal health, experts say there’s a gap. Katherine Ward explains.
The model, Leeanne Adu, volunteered for the job because she knows "firsthand how critical early detection is."
The doctor who was working at the Cumberland Regional Health Centre on New Year's Eve when a 37-year-old mother died in the emergency room is denying allegations of negligence. A lawsuit has been filed against Dr. John Atia and Nova Scotia Health by Allison Holthoff's family, alleging they didn't test and treat her in an adequate and timely manner. Allegations from Holthoff's family have not been tested in court. But Atia's version of events — outlined in his notice of defence filed March 30 at
Bryan O'Keefe, who tried and failed to lose weight with countless fad diets, shares what he ate before and after shedding over 100 pounds.
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Bristol Palin previously opened up on social media about having numerous surgeries to correct a botched breast reduction she had at age 19
After announcing she was cancer-free in June last year, Adele Roberts is encouraging others to speak to a professional early on.
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Recent developments: Ottawa's COVID-19 numbers are mostly stable or dropping. One exception is wastewater, where average reading are very high. Four more people with COVID have died in the region. The latest Ottawa Public Health (OPH) says the city's COVID-19 picture is generally stable at moderate to very high levels, mostly below where they were to start the month. Experts recommend people wear masks indoors and, in Ontario, in the days after having COVID symptoms. Staying home when sick and s
The Ted Lasso star says her daughter fell ill suddenly and she found it hard to talk about the experience at the time.
A major JAMA meta-analysis finds that moderate drinkers are not at lower risk of premature death than those who abstain from alcohol.
It's bad enough to learn you're losing your family doctor, says one Nova Scotia woman, but being asked to pay hundreds of dollars to access years of medical records adds insult to injury. "We have already enough distress right now knowing that we're losing our family doctor," says Cornelia Schneider. "So on top of that, [to] have to pay … is really upsetting." Schneider learned her physician was closing her practice in the north end of Halifax in a letter earlier this month. It came attached wit
Valor Health, the only hospital in Emmett, will no longer deliver babies after June 1.
Three generations of one family have been diagnosed with deadly brain tumours, in what is thought to be a less than a one in a billion chance.
Horizon health-care workers in non-clinical settings won't be required to wear a mask, starting Monday, as part of the "transition phase" of the pandemic, even as the province continues to have "very high rates of COVID-19," according to an internal memo. Nurses and other professionals are "encouraged but not required to wear a mask" in non-clinical areas, such as offices, break rooms, conference rooms and shuttle services, or where patients/clients and the public are not present, the March 30 b
Ontario has granted a three-month funding extension for doctors to provide care in virtual emergency departments, but the last-minute deal came too late for some hospitals to reverse plans to close online ERs. The provincial funding had been set to run out after Friday, and several hospitals said that meant they had to shut their virtual emergency rooms. The deal reached Wednesday between the province and the Ontario Medical Association extends funding until June 30, said Health Minister Sylvia
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New research has found that some packaging that's touted as environmentally friendly contains high-levels of PFAS chemicals that can be damaging to the environment and human health. PFAS are hard to break down and have been linked to multiple different types of cancer.
One of these four will become the first Canadian to travel to deep space and visit the Moon.
