'Soda tax' movement gains steam
New York state is the latest American jurisdiction eyeing a "soda tax" to curb the obesity epidemic and some public health advocates ...
Suspended mastectomy doctor will operate
Dr. Barbara Heartwell, a Windsor, Ont., surgeon suspended after performing unnecessary mastectomies, will return to the operating room.
Quebec to fund in vitro fertility treatments
Quebec Health Minister Yves Bolduc says the province is going ahead with a plan to fully fund in vitro fertility treatments for ...
MD finds his family's rare disorder in genome
A scientist who sequenced his own genome has identified a gene involved in the family's inherited neurological disorder.
Baby Isaiah dies in Edmonton hospital
Isaiah May, the Alberta infant who had been in intensive care since he suffered severe brain damage during his birth in October, ...