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Health Canada recalls heated blankets due to fire hazard
Health Canada is warning anyone in possession of a specific Sunbeam brand heated blanket to 'Immediately stop using and unplug' it, according to a new recall notice. Ottawa plans to crack down on doctors charging for medically necessary health care
A rise in the number of companies offering Canadians faster access to health care at a price is prompting the federal government to launch a crackdown on the practice, CBC News has learned. His partner died waiting for palliative home care. Now he wants accountability
A Winnipeg man whose partner went more than five weeks without palliative home care before her death says he’s filed a complaint with the Manitoba Ombudsman about the experience. Internationally trained nurses who came to Canada feel forgotten as provinces recruit abroad
Nurses already in Canada who completed their training abroad but are finding it difficult to become accredited here worry that their skills and abilities are being wasted and question why provincial health officials are going on recruitment trips overseas Zantac’s Maker Kept Quiet About Cancer Risks for 40 Years
Glaxo says the heartburn drug doesn’t cause tumors. But the company was warned by its own scientists and independent researchers about the potential danger.
Ottawa to propose 10-year health-care funding plan to provinces, territories | CBC News
The federal government will propose a decade-long plan to fund and reform the health-care system when Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with the premiers in Ottawa on Tuesday, according to sources with knowledge of the plan. Ontario First Nation hires outside firm to investigate 28-year boil water advisory
A northern Ontario First Nation that has lived under a boil-water advisory for nearly three decades has hired an outside consultant to find out once and for all what ails the community's water system. Jagmeet Singh says the Canada Health Act could be used to challenge private health care. Could it'
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says the federal government needs to utilize the Canada Health Act, which he said has significant powers to challenge for-profit privatized care. But does it really? 2022 was second deadliest year for toxic drug deaths ever | Georgia Straight Vancouver's News & Entertainment Weekly
In 2022, 2,272 people died from poisoned unregulated drugs in BC, according to the monthly coroners service report. New voluntary standards released for long-term care homes devastated by the pandemic
Promised new national standards for long-term care homes in Canada have now been published — part of Ottawa's attempt to avoid a repeat of the alarming death toll in long-term care homes that marked the early phase of the pandemic. Almost all doctors in Canada support moving to pan-Canadian licensing: survey
Almost all doctors in Canada support changes to medical licensing that would make it easier for health workers to see patients anywhere in the country, according to a new survey. Decriminalization yet another 'half measure' as B.C. confronts full-sized drug crisis, advocates say
More than six years and 10,000 deaths since the declaration of a public health emergency over the tainted illicit drug supply, B.C. remains a land of pilot projects and what many describe as "half measures." Canadian doctors spend millions of hours on unnecessary paperwork each year: report
A report released Monday estimates doctors across Canada spend 18.5 million hours dealing with unnecessary paperwork. It highlights Nova Scotia's efforts to combat this and encourages other provinces to follow. Cough syrup deaths: No contamination reported in Canada
Following the deaths of more than 300 children from contaminated cough syrups in several countries, Health Canada says it's been more than a decade since similar cases were identified here.Drug maker paid for “news” story on CBS’s 60 Minutes, doctors’ group alleges
A 13-minute segment on a recent episode of CBS's 60 Minutes appeared to be a news story on Novo Nordisk's weight-loss drug Wegovy but was actually a sponsored promotion, violating federal regulations, according to the nonprofit public health advocacy orga
A 13-minute segment on a recent episode of CBS's 60 Minutes appeared to be a news story on Novo Nordisk's weight-loss drug Wegovy but was actually a sponsored promotion, violating federal regulations, according to the nonprofit public health advocacy orga Health of 5 billion people at risk from trans fat: WHO
Five billion people are at an increased risk of heart disease and death due to trans fat, according to a new report from the World Health Organization. Canada's health-care system under threat from both Liberals and Conservatives: Singh | CBC News
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh kicked off a caucus retreat with MPs Wednesday by accusing both Conservatives and Liberals of putting Canada's public health-care system at risk. It's time to put cancer warning labels on alcohol, experts say
The pressure on the government to put cancer warning labels on alcohol containers is growing, as experts say the majority of Canadians don't know the risks that come with consuming even moderate amounts. Ontario expanding number and range of surgeries offered at for-profit clinics | CBC News
Ontario is significantly expanding the number and range of medical procedures performed in privately run for-profit clinics as the province deals with a surgical backlog made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic.Is the New Alzheimer’s Drug Lecanemab a Big Breakthrough'
A conversation with Nobel laureate Thomas C. Südhof about what the new Alzheimer’s drug Lecanemab does and doesn’t do.
A conversation with Nobel laureate Thomas C. Südhof about what the new Alzheimer’s drug Lecanemab does and doesn’t do. How to prevent a hangover
There is no scientifically proven way to cure a hangover, but experts say you can prevent one — or at least keep that morning-after misery to a minimum. Here's how. Kinless Canadians: Who will take care of older people without family'
A growing number of Canadians are aging alone, without immediate family members to help them with daily tasks or offer emotional support. These kinless Canadians are facing many challenges and more needs to be done to ensure they don’t fall through the Revealed: group shaping US nutrition receives millions from big food industry
Newly released documents show an influential group that helps shape US food policy and steers consumers toward nutritional products has financial ties to the world’s largest processed food companies and has been controlled by former industry employees w
Newly released documents show an influential group that helps shape US food policy and steers consumers toward nutritional products has financial ties to the world’s largest processed food companies and has been controlled by former industry employees w Trudeau says giving provinces what they want won't improve health-care system
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says simply giving in to the provinces' demands on health-care funding won't guarantee improvements to Canada's strained health system. B.C. launches flu vaccination blitz after deaths of 6 children and youth
Drop-in clinics are running Friday, Saturday and Sunday across the province. 'Please help me': Toronto man dies at home after pleas for medical care go unanswered
A Toronto music lover who thrived in the company of others died alone at home following three visits to a local hospital due to severe abdominal pain, according to one of his closest friends.Cannabis pain relief attributed to placebo effect: study
Some people suffering pain from cancer and other chronic diseases turn to marijuana to ease their suffering, but much of that relief may come from simply believing weed will help, a new study found.
Some people suffering pain from cancer and other chronic diseases turn to marijuana to ease their suffering, but much of that relief may come from simply believing weed will help, a new study found. New kids dental benefit now open to some Canadians. Here’s what to know
The benefit is available for children under 12 in families that earn less than $90,000 a year and ranges from $260 to $650 per child depending on net income. Alberta Children's Hospital installing additional space to cope with surge of emergency department visits
Amid a surge of emergency department visits, the Alberta Children’s Hospital has added additional waiting space in the form of a heated trailer that will be used as an extra waiting area when the hospital’s emergency department is full. Flu rising sharply in Canada, Dr. Theresa Tam says
Flu is rising sharply in Canada as another respiratory virus that was hitting young children starts to decline, Canada's chief public health officer says.Back to Canada News
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