The Tr’ondëk Hwëch’in First Nation has had its own health-care practices since time immemorial, but soon, it will also have a citizen attending medical school. Jamie Thomas, 23, begins med …
Starting next week, the federal government will impose new restrictions on nicotine pouches to make it illegal to sell them anywhere but from behind a pharmacy counter. Beginning August 28, …
A woman who sought a surgical procedure to prevent pregnancy testified Wednesday that a Cape Breton gynecologist told her the choice should be up to her future husband and that “no other …
Nearly 12 per cent of tested spice samples failed to meet quality and safety standards, according to data obtained by Reuters of tests by Indian authorities after several countries took steps over contamination …
More Quebec doctors are opting out of the public health-care sector than ever before, Radio-Canada has learned. A total of 780 general practitioners and specialists left the public system in …
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White Coat Black Art26:30Health-care lessons from an unprecedented fire season The meals hadn’t even been served at the 2023 Physicians Appreciation Dinner in Grande Prairie, Alta., when Candice Edey stepped forward to deliver …
The World Health Organization and drug maker Eli Lilly and Co. are warning people to be wary of fake versions of popular weight-loss and diabetes medicines. The WHO said Thursday …
Physicians at two New Brunswick hospitals are defending the Vitalité Health Network’s leadership team, and its CEO, on the use of travel nurses. Doctors from Moncton’s Dr. Georges-L.-Dumont and the Stella-Maris-de-Kent …
Many of the country’s 13,000 trainee doctors, including interns and residents, have remained on strike since resigning en masse in February, forcing large hospitals to delay operations and turn away …