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 …
Canadians have seen a lot of hopeful headlines about psychedelics in recent years, as evidence indicating they can help people suffering from treatment-resistant conditions continues to grow. One woman with chronic pain …
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 …
More Canadians should receive their main health care through teams of professionals so their increasingly complex needs can be met while not paying privately for it, the Canadian Medical Association …
As It Happens6:21A brain implant reduced this boy’s epilepsy seizures by 80%. And he charges it with his headphones Before he got his new brain implant, 13-year-old Oran Knowlson’s whole …
They can be as small as a grape or as large as a cantaloupe, and in some cases even bigger. Uterine fibroids — non-cancerous tumours that grow spontaneously inside the …
As It Happens6:43Hospital treating war victims in Sudan shuts down after rebels attack People in war-torn Sudan are running out of places to get medical help. On Sunday, rebels from …
Toronto Blue Jays starter Alek Manoah will undergo reconstructive right elbow surgery and miss the rest of the season. The decision came after Manoah was examined by Dr. Keith Meister, …
Two children have died after tonsil and/or adenoid surgery at McMaster Children’s Hospital, the Hamilton hospital said Wednesday, adding it’s pausing such procedures as a precaution while doing a “comprehensive” review. …
If an animal in pain comes to the veterinary clinic where Jessica Grant and Mackenzie Ashby work — if it’s bleeding or unable to eat — they exhaust all options to provide care, even as …