Ottawa Public Health (OPH) is calling on the federal government to follow the example of New Zealand’s Smoke-Free Generation law, which sought to ban cigarette sales to anyone born after 2008 …
A global shortage of a drug used for Type 2 diabetes is being felt in the N.W.T. and could disproportionately affect Indigenous people. Ozempic has been in short supply in the …
When Dr. Anil Kapoor was diagnosed with stage four colon cancer in January his prognosis was positive, and his family was hopeful treatment would buy him several more years. But …
A heated debate is brewing in Alberta that has implications for the future of primary care in the province. This week, the provincial government announced nurse practitioners will be allowed to …
Ottawa Morning6:35Ozempic eating disorders One of the things Sheryl Rasband learned as part of her recovery from anorexia was that she shouldn’t actively try to lose weight. That’s why she …
White Coat Black Art26:30Ozempic: The good, the bad and the future Despite widely publicized reports of rare but severe side effects, obesity doctors say Ozempic and drugs like it have the …
Every year in early October, when the winds were strong, the residents of the Kfar Aza kibbutz near Gaza would make what they called peace kites and fly them as …
The debate over whether Nova Scotia should join a class-action suit against opioid manufacturers took a deeply emotional turn in the provincial legislature in Halifax this week as MLAs shared their …
It’s about saving a minute here, a minute there, which is why the stroke patient isn’t even transferred to a bed or changed into a johnny shirt, and is instead …
At the Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, about 17 kilometres away from the Rafah border, Mansour Shouman hugged and kissed his family as they were set to leave Gaza through …