Health and Lifestyle

Saskatchewan First Nation leaders start talks over child welfare in B.C.

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Warning: This story contains details that may upset and trigger some readers.  Leaders of a Saskatchewan First Nation are...

Nitroglycerin spray helps Canadians with heart conditions, but the medication is in short supply

A spray used to help Canadians suffering from angina, a type of chest pain caused by reduced blood flow to the heart, is in...

What is a raccoon dog and why is it being linked to COVID-19’s origin?

Last week, a team of international researchers shared with the world a discovery possibly linking the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic to a breed...

Restrict junk food marketing to kids at grocery stores, restaurants: report

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted March 21, 2023 8:31 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size A new report that looks at the prevalence of marketing...

Gestational diabetes is on the rise and a Canadian study may have found out why

Gestational diabetes is on the rise worldwide, and a new Canadian study said the reason for it may not be linked to previous speculation...

Bird flu vaccine could soon be on standby in case of future outbreak: experts

Some of the world’s leading makers of flu vaccines say they could make hundreds of millions of bird flu shots for humans within months...

More women develop Alzheimer’s than men. This app wants to close that gap

A majority of people living with Alzheimer’s disease are women, and in wake of the startling stat, some Canadians are hoping to help mitigate...

New COVID data links virus origins to animals, but findings not definitive: WHO

International scientists who examined previously unavailable genetic data from samples collected at a market close to where the first human cases of COVID-19 were...

Supply issues still plague kids’ pain medicine, antibiotics. Why parents continue to struggle

Parents on the hunt for children’s pain medicine or antibiotics in Canada may still be out of luck as supply shortages continue to put...

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