A 50-year-old woman would suddenly fall asleep multiple times while getting ready for work, slurring her speech and falling. She went to emergency departments seven times in two years and was …
Two abortion-inducing drugs could soon be reclassified as controlled and dangerous substances in Louisiana under a first-of-its-kind bill that received final legislative passage Thursday and is expected to be signed …
The Current24:02Top chef says hospital food can be tasty — and healing You might be familiar with some of the less-than-appetizing meals that get served in hospital if you, or …
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has been hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after being shot Wednesday in what his office described as an attempted assassination. Fico, 59, was shot “multiple times” …
The future of weight loss is looking more varied by the second. This week, scientists have reported the preliminary findings of a small trial testing out a novel, non-surgical procedure …
No medical staff checked Darrell Mesheau’s vital signs in the roughly two and a half hours before he died waiting for care at the Fredericton hospital’s emergency department, a coroner’s …
White Coat Black Art26:30The rapper battling Stage 4 colon cancer A Hamilton, Ont., musician and actor who is fighting fourth-stage colon cancer is calling on his provincial government to lower …
Certain lots of Audrina 28 birth control pills contain day-of-the-week stickers that have a misprint that could lead to confusion around when to take the medication, Health Canada says. Audrina …
Julia Malott says she’s angry it took 19 hours — including waiting in emergency rooms in two hospitals in Kitchener, Ont. — to get care for her teenage daughter Angelina, who was suffering with appendicitis. “I think that …
This First Person column is written by Glenn Deir, a retired journalist who lives in St. John’s. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ. I …