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They started to arrive, and the line began to form, as early as 2 a.m. Despite a steady snowfall and bone-chilling cold, they came to stand outside and wait their turn, hours before the doors opened at 10 a.m.  This wasn’t a queue to purchase Taylor Swift concert tickets at a kiosk in downtown Toronto. This line was […]

U.S. regulators on Wednesday banned the additive called red dye No. 3 from the nation’s food supply, nearly 35 years after it was barred from cosmetics because of potential cancer risk. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration officials granted a 2022 petition filed by two dozen food safety and health advocates, who urged the agency […]

Major medical groups are proposing a change to how doctors diagnose obesity. In Tuesday’s issue of The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology, 58 international experts across a range of medical specialties and people with lived experience released a report proposing a new definition and diagnostic criteria for clinical obesity. They say the curr

Catherine, Princess of Wales, said she was relieved to be in remission on Tuesday after visiting the London hospital where she received treatment for cancer to thank all the medics and staff there. Catherine, 43, underwent a course of preventative chemotherapy after major abdominal surgery a year ago revealed the presence of an unspecified form [&h

Two physician assistants have started work at the Saanich Peninsula Hospital on Vancouver Island, the first time the profession has been approved to work in a B.C. hospital setting. Physician assistants (PAs) are medical professionals who work under the supervision of physicians. While they do not possess a medical degree, they are educated through

Advocates with sight loss and people in the medical field in Halifax have been working on a number of initiatives to improve the delivery of health care for people who are blind or partially sighted.  Dalhousie University medical student Tyler Herod, who has helped lead some of the efforts, said focus groups have identified a number of barriers tho

This story is part of CBC Health’s Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers on Saturday mornings. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. Headlines warning people to throw out their black plastic kitchen utensils live on, as do social media posts warning of [&he

The Current27:00How to help a loved one drink less It’s a new year, and some Canadians are embarking on Dry January, following a holiday season replete with toasts and tipples. But author and journalist Maureen Palmer and her partner Mike Pond believe the ways we think about problem drinking could do more harm than good. For example, [&hellip

White Coat Black Art26:30Virtual doctors for real ERs Dr. Michael Ertel starts his emergency department shift at about 8 p.m., after making himself a cup of coffee and saying goodnight to his golden retriever, Norman. But he’s not going to the hospital. “Time to head down into the bunker,” he said. The “bunker” is the

Ayah Fahmy recalls parking in a mostly empty lot at the Cobequid Community Health Centre in Lower Sackville and not understanding why she had to pay a fee. “It was an emergency situation, so I needed to be at the hospital,” she said. On Thursday, Fahmy took the bus to the Victoria General Hospital in […]

The Saskatchewan government has agreed to a $40 million deal with Ottawa to improve access to medication for rare diseases. The federal government is also looking for the province’s participation in a national plan to improve screening and diagnostics for rare diseases. Saskatchewan Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill spoke alongside his federal

Some Canadians are celebrating a major autism organization’s decision to pull out of the country, highlighting a shift in the way people think about autism.  Autism Speaks quietly announced last month that it will end its Canadian operations on Jan. 31. “The intentional decision to conclude was not taken lightly and has been weighed aga

The reported number of University of Guelph students with gastroenteritis — a viral infection commonly known as stomach flu — has grown to over 150, and public health officials are expecting many more cases. The southern Ontario school confirmed on Wednesday that some students living in residence started to report symptoms on Monday. By Wednesday,

It was May 2020. COVID-19 was new to the world, and people were isolating at home — many alone — to curb the spread of this new virus.  At the same time, B.C.’s illicit drug supply was becoming increasingly toxic. That’s when Stephanie Harrington learned her 39-year-old brother Ian had died after using toxic drugs.  […]

The University of Guelph has identified a cluster of students living in residence who are experiencing the abdominal illness gastroenteritis. The first cases were reported Monday. As of Wednesday afternoon, about 60 people have self-identified as being sick with the virus, the university told CBC News in an email. According to Health Ontario, viral

Rising cases of common respiratory illnesses in China and elsewhere around the Northern Hemisphere are within the range expected for winter, with no unusual outbreaks reported, the World Health Organization said. Reports of a surge of cases in China of human metapneumovirus (hMPV), a common respiratory infection, have drawn headlines worldwide, wit

A day after CBC revealed that a self-styled Vancouver Island “childbirth activist” was under police investigation, a manslaughter charge has been sworn against Gloria Lemay in relation to the death of a newborn last January. The charge against the 77-year-old comes almost one year to the day after the alleged victim died on Jan. 6, 2024