Federal health officials warned parents Wednesday about the dangers of teething remedies that contain a popular numbing ingredient and asked manufacturers to stop selling their products intended for babies and toddlers. The Food and Drug…
Rates of sexually transmitted infections are continuing to rise across Canada, say public health experts, who point to a number of possible reasons for the uptick in cases of gonorrhea, chlamydia and syphilis. “In general,…
It’s a big question for smokers and policymakers alike: Do electronic cigarettes help people quit? In a large study of company wellness programs, e-cigarettes worked no better than traditional stop-smoking tools, and the only thing…
More than 25 people have been hospitalized in New York City due to bad reactions to the synthetic marijuana known as K2. WABC-TV reports that police responded to an intersection in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighbourhood Saturday. Police…
The World Health Organization has released a plan to help countries wipe out trans fats from the global food supply in the next five years. The United Nations agency has in the past pushed to…
As tick season heads into full swing in Canada, officials in Manitoba are warning the public that Lyme disease isn’t the only thing to be on the lookout for. Manitoba Lyme Disease lists 14 illnesses associated…
Nearly a quarter of first-time opioid prescriptions in Ontario from April 2015 to March 2016 exceeded recommended dose limits introduced in 2017. Researchers say 23.9 per cent of initial opioid prescriptions in Ontario during that…
The Liberal government has passed a sweeping overhaul of the country’s tobacco laws — legislation that will formally legalize (and heavily regulate) vaping and give Health Canada the powers it needs to mandate plain packaging for…
There are already unprecedented reports of young adults with hearing problems. Move aside, cigarettes, there’s a new health hazard in town: sound. Music lovers are always told that what they hear is beneficial to the brain: classical…
Seven members of a family are recovering from illness they say was caused by exposure to a toxic coral in their home aquarium. Jason Laframboise, 31, bought the aquarium second-hand from a business where it…
New European research has found that those who survive a heart attack may be at a higher risk of a second one if they are divorced or have a low socioeconomic status. Carried out by…
The study of 600,000 drinkers estimated that having 10 to 15 alcoholic drinks every week could shorten a person’s life by between one and two years. And they warned that people who drink more than…
One in eight middle-aged adults in the UK could have a potentially serious form of liver disease – because they are overweight. Scans of nearly 3,000 individuals from the UK Biobank research project showed that…
Many doctors recommend them, but fish oil supplements failed to help people with dry eye when put to a scientific test. About 14 per cent of U.S. adults have dry eye, which causes pain and…
EpiPen injectors used to treat life-threatening allergic reactions are currently running short, and EpiPen Jr. products may soon do the same, Health Canada said on Thursday. Health Canada said Pfizer Canada had advised the agency…
Health officials in British Columbia have closed two oyster farms amid an investigation into another outbreak of norovirus linked to the consumption of raw oysters. The B.C. Centre for Disease Control says there have been about…
Newfoundland and Labrador’s health minister — whose province leads Canada and the U.S. for antibiotics overuse — is warning that drug resistance could bring a wave of deaths by infection. John Haggie, a former surgeon,…
When you seek health advice online, you may unwittingly be sharing sensitive information with third parties. Eye twitching? Weird stomach pain? Leg cramp? Is it a symptom of a serious disease? Beware the temptation to…
New research has found more evidence to suggest that cutting out red meat could significantly reduce the risk of cancer, finding that women who eat a red meat-free diet show lower rates of certain type…
Fussy babies often treated with antacids for reflux, but that may not be so harmless, study suggests. Infants who are given antacids like Zantac or Pepcid are more likely to develop childhood allergies, perhaps because…
A new report says an estimated one in every 66 Canadian children and youth aged five to 17 has autism spectrum disorder. The report by the Public Health Agency of Canada, released on Thursday, is the…
Switzerland — Scientists have the dirt on rubber ducky: Those cute yellow bath-time friends are, as some parents have long suspected, a haven for nasty bugs. Swiss and American researchers counted the microbes swimming inside…
As many as four people have been infected with cholera in British Columbia, in what health officials are calling an extremely rare case. Dr. Shannon Waters, a medical health officer with Island Health, said the…
Dave Doucette’s harrowing experience of being diagnosed with Stage 4 cancer after multiple visits to the emergency department should be a wake-up call, say Nova Scotia opposition leaders. But Doctors Nova Scotia says this is not an…
A brand of lean ground beef is being recalled because of possible E. coli contamination. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the Good Boucher brand beef was sold in Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and…
The City of Hamilton says it’s seen the rate of opioid-related deaths nearly double from 2016 to 2017. City data says that 70 people died of causes related to opioids between January and October of…
A landmark lawsuit has been filed by an Ontario man suffering from an incurable neurological disease. He alleges that health officials will not provide him with an assisted home care team of his choosing, instead…
The bottled water industry is estimated to be worth nearly $200 billion a year, surpassing sugary sodas as the most popular beverage in many countries. But its perceived image of cleanliness and purity is being challenged by…
Women with regular exposure to cleaning products may face a steeper decline in lung function over time, according to an international study. Women who used sprays or other cleaning products at least once per week…
The Indiana Legislature has approved a bill to effectively ban the practice of eyeball tattooing. The measure comes after a flurry of news reports last fall about a Canadian model who had major complications from…
A new U.K. study has found that despite efforts to improve water quality, those who enjoy swimming, bathing, or water sports in the sea are more likely to catch stomach bugs, earaches and other types…
Most children with cancer in Canada now survive. But they’re at greater risk of poor mental health outcomes, such as anxiety and substance abuse, according to a Canadian oncologist who was surprised at the extent of…
Former customers of two colon cleansing services in Thunder Bay, Ont. are getting tested for Hepatitis B and C as well as HIV after complaints of poor hygiene practices at the businesses. The city’s health unit is…
Vitamins produced by a B.C. company are being recalled because they may contain small pieces of glass. Burnaby-based Sisu is voluntarily recalling numerous products packaged in 100 cc glass bottles because of a manufacturing problem…
The warnings about superbugs are growing increasingly urgent. It is now estimated that antibiotic resistance is responsible for 700,000 deaths annually, worldwide. By 2050 superbugs are expected to kill more people than cancer each year. But cancer…
Regular exposure to cleaning products significantly affects lung function, research has suggested. The study of 6,000 people by a team from Norway’s University of Bergen, found women appeared to be more badly affected than men….
A story of a woman finding a worm in her eye might sound gross to most people — if not downright repelling — but scientists are fascinated by the discovery. Back in 2016, Abby Beckley had an…
Georgian College says it is cancelling its controversial advanced diploma program in homeopathy. The announcement came just hours after the college told CBC News it had no plans to change the program, which has been criticized…
Counterfeit drugs are finding their way not only into street drugs, but into medications purchased online or even from neighbourhood pharmacies in Canada, warns a new report. The paper, released Thursday by the Fraser Institute think-tank, says…
The World Health Organization says that superbugs, which are caused by antibiotic resistance, are among the greatest threats to global health. Doctors who over-prescribe antibiotics are a big part of the problem. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control…
The federal government is doing a little window-shopping for cigarettes — a million of them. Health Canada recently issued a tender notice asking suppliers what it would cost to purchase a million very low-nicotine cigarettes…
A Moncton pharmacist has been fined and reprimanded by the New Brunswick College of Pharmacists after someone on his staff made a dispensing error that led to the death of a patient in long-term care. Although…
Most people look forward to the weekend. But that may not be true for patients in hospital. A study in the current issue of the Journal of American College of Cardiology may make you prefer Mondays. Researchers in Pennsylvania…
Salt all over the roads — it just wouldn’t be a Canadian winter without it. In fact, we use about seven million tonnes of it each year to keep from slipping on ice and snow….
“If you ever hear about a simple blood test run for the hills because there is no such thing.” That’s the advice from health journalism watchdog Gary Schwitzer, publisher of HealthNewsReview.org a website aimed at helping the…
Garbage like disposable diapers, plastic bags and snack wrappers is getting into the ocean and snagging on coral reefs, leading to deadly infections that literally eat the corals alive, a new study suggests. A four-year survey of…
anet Whitehead has never smoked a cigarette. So when she was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2010, the news came as a shock. After some research, Whitehead eventually learned that her former home had high…
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall for several coconut products amid concerns of salmonella contamination. The agency says the frozen and shredded products were distributed in British Columbia and possibly elsewhere in the…
The Canadian distributor of the EpiPen says there is a shortage of one size of the emergency treatment for people at risk of life-threatening allergic reactions. Pfizer Canada says there is a shortage of the…
Voluntary sodium targets for the food industry have failed to significantly reduce the amount of salt consumers are getting in processed foods, suggesting additional measures are needed, Health Canada says. Four years ago, the federal…
Drug fell short of company’s own threshold for effectiveness, analysis reveals.. Confidential industry data reveals a morning sickness pill taken by hundreds of thousands of Canadian women did not meet the company’s own targets for efficacy….
Holding back a sneeze by pinching your nose while keeping your mouth closed may cause physical injury, doctors writing in the journal BMJ Case Reports have reaffirmed. In one such documented case, an otherwise healthy 34-year-old man…
Health Canada has issued an advisory after a single bottle of Flintstones children’s multivitamins was found with unidentified capsules inside. According to Health Canada, an opened bottle of Flintstones Plus Iron vitamins was returned to…
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