Research indicates that about one in five Canadians have high levels of Lipoprotein(a), putting them at greater risk of a heart attack or stroke. And yet, many people have no idea because there is no routine screening for Lp(a), which also has no symptoms. That's something experts have been wanting to change.
Two moms had their children taken from their care because of drug addiction. Now, they’re helping launch a recovery home for other mothers who use or have used substances.
Before she died at age 96, Doreen Edna Buhler lived a difficult but remarkable life. But death was not the end of Buhler's story. As part of her final wishes, she donated her remains to the University of Alberta's Anatomical Gifts Program to further a future generation of medical professionals.
Neskantaga First Nation has been under a state of emergency since last April after its only nursing station flooded. Local leaders say access to health care hasn’t improved in the remote Ojibway community, which has also been under a boil-water advisory for 31 years, and community members face ongoing challenges accessing timely medical transportation for appointments in other areas.
The inquest jury examining the death of Heather Winterstein has found the Indigenous woman's death in a St. Catharines, Ont., hospital was from septic shock and accidental, and has issued 68 recommendations. The 24-year-old collapsed in the emergency department in 2021 after trying to get help over two days. The family had sought a homicide finding.
Children in the U.K. who are 17 or younger, and anyone born in the future, will never be able to legally buy cigarettes after British lawmakers approved new restrictions on smoking Tuesday.
A new survey by the Canadian Medical Association found doctors are increasingly intervening to address harms done to patients who found incorrect health information online. Dr. Iris Gorfinkel, a family doctor and a clinical researcher from Toronto, says it’s ‘like a coin flip’ as to whether the diagnoses patients find online are correct.