The head of French dairy company Lactalis says that a recall of baby milk products because of a salmonella scare has been extended to 83 countries from around 30. In an interview with French weekly…

Drinking “raw water” collected from springs and other so-called pure sources appears to be a growing natural health craze in the U.S. — and one in the era of social media that could quickly find…

An Ottawa-area woman who developed a severe allergic reaction after getting eyelash extensions is warning other women about the potential danger of the hugely popular beauty treatment. Isabelle Edith Kun, a 20-year-old nursing student living…

The Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown is telling pet owners to keep an eye out for signs of canine influenza or dog flu. Like human flu, dog flu is highly contagious, and causes cough, runny…

A B.C. man and an Alberta woman face dozens of Food and Drug Act charges related to the promotion of a so-called miracle tonic touted as capable of curing everything from AIDS to autism. The…

Mice with gene that causes ‘Asian flush’ or ‘Asian glow’ had four times more DNA damage, new study shows. Why does drinking alcohol boost your risk of cancer? By damaging the DNA in your stem…

When dressing for the cold, Dr. David Lowe writes, one of the most important things is to keep your extremities warm. As a family doctor who serves students, nothing drives me nuttier in sub-zero temperatures…

A public health authority in southern Ontario says it has confirmed what they believe to be the first two known cases of canine influenza in Canada. The Windsor-Essex County Health Unit says the H3N2 strain of…

Many eardrum perforations, in both children and adults, caused by sticking instruments in ears. A sampling of U.S. emergency department records confirms that sticking anything smaller than your elbow in your ear is a good…

Acetaminophen, one of the most widely used and readily available painkillers in Canada, played a role in the hospitalization of Inuk activist Delilah Saunders last month with acute liver failure. That fact surprised some of…

Federal health officials have expanded a list of recalled sandwiches due to Listeria contamination. The initial recall on Dec. 21 involved 19 sandwiches produced by Edmonton-based HQ Fine Foods at the company’s plant in Sherwood…

Suspect cosmetics were sold in Canada but have been removed from stores since Dec. 22. Health Canada says it has requested testing data from Claire’s Stores Inc. following reports that asbestos has been found in…

Persistent or recurrent playing despite negative consequences is a disease, policy draft says. The World Health Organization is looking to add gaming disorder to its International Classification of Diseases. The addition comes in the recent draft of…

French authorities have launched a judicial probe in a tainted baby milk scandal in which several million products were recalled over fears of salmonella contamination. A judicial official said Tuesday the Paris prosecutor’s office opened…

U.S. deaths from drug overdoses skyrocketed 21 per cent last year, and for the second straight year dragged down how long Americans are expected to live. The government figures released Thursday put drug deaths at…

U.S. health officials plan to crack down on a growing number of unproven alternative remedies, focusing on products containing dangerous ingredients that have occasionally been linked to serious injury and death. The Food and Drug Administration on…

Internal memo says agency has no mechanisms to deal with growing problem. Manufacturers are putting pesticides on consumer goods more often, creating a safety gap because Health Canada has traditionally tracked pesticides on foods rather than…

The Public Health Agency of Canada has confirmed that one person has died from E. coli infection linked to romaine lettuce but says privacy laws prevent it from saying where. According to an update posted to the…

The influenza season in Canada could be shaping up to be a potentially nasty one, with a mixed bag of viruses already circulating in much of the country, say infectious diseases experts. There are also…

Asthma sufferers are being encouraged to wear a scarf over their nose and mouth to prevent asthma attacks this winter. Breathing in cold, damp air can make the airways tighten and trigger an attack in…

Seventeen million babies under the age of one are breathing toxic air, putting their brain development at risk, the UN children’s agency has warned. Babies in South Asia were worst affected, with more than 12…

Immunization program for children has been halted in the Philippines, investigation announced. The World Health Organization said on Monday it hoped to conduct a full review by the end of the year of a dengue vaccine…

A team of Canadian researchers that studied so-called predatory journals is suggesting a “co-ordinated response” from scientists, institutions and patients to combat the spread of illegitimate or questionable science. Researchers from the Ottawa Hospital and…

Nearly six per cent of new cancers diagnosed worldwide in 2012 — some 800,000 cases — were caused by diabetes and excess weight, according to a study published Tuesday. Among the 12 types of cancer…

Kids are likely dying from pneumonia and malaria due to ineffective drugs, health organization says. About 11 per cent of medicines in developing countries are counterfeit and likely responsible for the deaths of tens of…

Cancerous breast lumps are less likely to be detected in overweight or obese women before the tumour becomes large, a Swedish study has found. These women may need more frequent mammograms to help spot early…

A major study into whether soccer players are at risk of degenerative brain disease was commissioned on Thursday amid concerns that the sport’s authorities in England haven’t done enough to tackle the issue. The Football Association…

A new look at cancer in the U.S. finds that nearly half of cancer deaths are caused by smoking, poor diet and other unhealthy behaviours. That’s less than commonly-cited estimates from more than 35 years…

This year, more than 206,000 Canadians will be diagnosed with cancer, according to the Canadian Cancer Society.  Many will deal with the effects of chemo, radiation and surgery.  A study just published online in the journal Cancer identifies a new risk that…

Private clinics are performing unproven stem cell procedures on patients across Canada as the technology outpaces Health Canada’s regulatory system. “All cell therapies are considered drugs,” a spokesperson for Health Canada told CBC News in an…

‘Cases of liver injury continue to be reported in Canada and worldwide,’ safety review says. Health Canada is ordering a more explicit warning on labels of green tea extract products over concerns about the risk of liver…

Antibiotics are prescribed more frequently in Canada than in many other countries of the OECD — and many of those medications are offered to patients unnecessarily. The new finding comes from a study by the…

Panic has gripped the Indian capital, Delhi, as residents woke up to a blanket of thick grey smog on Tuesday. Visibility is poor as pollution levels reached 30 times the World Health Organization’s recommended limit in some…

Antibiotics in food contributing to rise of drug-resistant infections in humans, UN agency says. The World Health Organization urged farmers on Tuesday to stop using antibiotics to promote growth and prevent disease in healthy animals…

Health workers in Madagascar are fighting an outbreak of the plague. The large island nation off the southeast coast of Africa actually deals with a “plague season” between September and April every year, but the outbreak…

People who show signs of inflammation in middle age are more likely to suffer from brain shrinkage later in life, a possible precursor to dementia or Alzheimer’s disease, researchers said Wednesday. The findings in the…

Global warming is hurting people’s health a bit more than previously thought, but there’s hope that the Earth — and populations — can heal if the planet kicks its coal habit, a group of doctors…

Former AECL scientists are condemning a plan to build a nuclear waste facility at the Chalk River site on the Ottawa River, saying it would be ill-equipped to handle the level of radioactive material planned…