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The discovery of 27 cases of scurvy in a northern Saskatchewan community is raising concerns about grocery prices and access to fresh food as income inequality worsens. Earlier this year, a doctor in La Ronge had a hunch that a patient was suffering from scurvy, a disease caused by vitamin C deficiency. The test came […]

Toronto is declaring itself a paid-plasma-free zone — a designation that will likely do nothing to stop Canadian Blood Services from opening two clinics in the city’s suburbs next year that will pay people for plasma donations. Council’s decision came Thursday, when councillors passed a motion asking federal, provincial, territorial and

Many technologies exist to assist people who are blind or have limited vision to manage daily life. But even without technology, people — regardless of whether they could see or not — can learn the ability to echolocate like bats and whales to see the world around them using sound. Scientists in the U.K. conducted an […]

The Baycrest Koschitzky Centre is launching a free online resource tool it says will help caregivers facing “significant and escalating challenges,” such as isolation, burnout and financial hardship. The Canadian Caregiver Assessment and Resource Tool (C-CART) will give people providing care to someone with disability, illness, or frail

More than 800 million adults have diabetes worldwide — almost twice as many as previous estimates suggested — and more than half of those aged over 30 who have the condition are not receiving treatment, according to a new study. The study published in The Lancet found the global prevalence of diabetes has doubled since 1990 — from […]

A teenager diagnosed with bird flu in British Columbia is the first domestically acquired human case of H5N1 avian influenza, the Public Health Agency of Canada says.  Since Influenza A or flu viruses are named after the animal where they are most commonly found, avian viruses are naturally found in birds. H5N1 is a highly transmissible […]

Dozens of researchers across Canada, including renowned environmentalist David Suzuki, have joined a growing chorus of voices urging the federal government to halt the importation of an endangered monkey species for medical research in Quebec. A letter signed by 80 scientists, academics, doctors and students says testing on long-tailed macaques fro

23andMe is laying off 40 per cent of its workforce, or more than 200 employees, and discontinuing its therapeutics division as the struggling genetic testing company attempts to slash costs. The latest restructuring efforts were announced by 23andMe on Monday. The company said it plans to wind down ongoing clinical trials “as quickly as pract

The teenager who tested positive for avian flu is in critical condition and being treated for acute respiratory distress at B.C. Children’s Hospital, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says. Henry says the teen, the first presumptive human case of avian flu contracted in Canada, was admitted to hospital late Friday. Their condition &#

A patient safety review is underway after a 48-year-old man went in for an amputation of his right leg at Grace Hospital, but came out of the procedure to find out his left leg below his knee had been removed. Jason Kennedy, a former commercial fisher, knows he may eventually lose both legs but he […]

Terry Rosoman decided to go big and hard for Movember this year, in more ways than one. “I wanted to do a challenge that brought the world together, because I think we can all agree that things have been a bit rubbish recently,” he told As It Happens host Nil Köksal. So he ran 120 kilometres on […]

Noah Sweeney started learning French the moment he was signed up for hockey and baseball in Quebec City as a five-year-old anglophone. Nearly 18 years later, he is still learning — having continued his French education through elementary and high school, university and now at his job where he speaks with the majority of customers […]

The Dose25:27How can women have better sex? Sex researcher Natalie Rosen says there are lots of reasons why women can find sex unenjoyable — it can be painful, lack lubrication, or not match their specific desires and preferences. Research from British condom manufacturer Durex revealed that only 24 per cent of women orgasm every time they [&hellip

Miss something this week? Don’t panic. CBC’s Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need. Want this in your inbox? Get the Marketplace newsletter every Friday. Why Canada Dry’s ‘made from real ginger’ claim isn’t on U.S. cans Consumer Emily Scott would like to see Canada Dry remove its ‘made

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. When you see a specialist or get test results, it might be tempting to think that, somewhere, a medical professional [&helli

In 2021, Nova Scotia became the first jurisdiction in North America to introduce a policy automatically designating all adults as organ donors upon death, unless they had opted out of the program when they were alive.  The idea is called presumed consent, and four years after its implementation in Nova Scotia, the law has led […]

A recently launched mental health app allows Canadian military veterans dealing with mental-health struggles such as post-traumatic stress disorder to speak anonymously with someone who truly understands what they’re going through: another veteran.  “It’s to help us get things out of our head that are just rolling around, and to h

On day one of Donald Trump’s presidency, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he’ll be advising Trump to take fluoride out of public water. The former independent presidential hopeful — and prominent proponent of debunked public health claims — has been told he’ll be put in charge of health initiatives in the new Trump administration. He