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'Serious health risk': Health Canada warns of counterfeit laser hair removal device
  • Sep 21, 2026

'Serious health risk': Health Canada warns of counterfeit laser hair removal device

Telehealth companies keep exposing their customers’ medical data. What should they do?
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  • Sep 21, 2026

Telehealth companies keep exposing their customers’ medical data. What should they do?

Former NFL player advocating for those with head injuries encouraged answers are being sought
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  • Sep 21, 2026

Former NFL player advocating for those with head injuries encouraged answers are being sought

‘I’ve never been so excited’: New nanoparticle study at U of A offers hope for new Alzheimer’s treatment
  • Sep 21, 2026

‘I’ve never been so excited’: New nanoparticle study at U of A offers hope for new Alzheimer’s treatment

‘Outdated’ health policies surrounding Covid still pose a danger today, says U of C researcher
  • Sep 21, 2026

‘Outdated’ health policies surrounding Covid still pose a danger today, says U of C researcher

N.S. pharmacists cut tick bite ER visits in half with prescriptions to prevent Lyme
  • Sep 21, 2026

N.S. pharmacists cut tick bite ER visits in half with prescriptions to prevent Lyme

How COVID-era 'freedom' politics still shape — and challenge — Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives
  • Sep 21, 2026

How COVID-era 'freedom' politics still shape — and challenge — Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives

CRA’s pandemic benefit recovery ‘producing injustice’: report
  • Sep 19, 2026

CRA’s pandemic benefit recovery ‘producing injustice’: report

With US measles deaths on the rise, local officials are stepping in where RFK Jr won’t
  • Sep 18, 2026

With US measles deaths on the rise, local officials are stepping in where RFK Jr won’t

We designed a new way to build miniature fluidic devices to enable personalized cancer treatment
  • Sep 18, 2026

We designed a new way to build miniature fluidic devices to enable personalized cancer treatment

A stronger Code for better care: CMA releases updated Code of Ethics and Professionalism
  • Sep 18, 2026

A stronger Code for better care: CMA releases updated Code of Ethics and Professionalism

Sweden consistently outperforms Canada on universal health care despite similar spending
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  • Sep 18, 2026

Sweden consistently outperforms Canada on universal health care despite similar spending

Inside one woman’s psychedelic experiment to treat Lyme disease
  • Sep 17, 2026

Inside one woman’s psychedelic experiment to treat Lyme disease

RFK Jr promises anti-vaxxers a 'friend at the White House' amid deadly measles outbreak
  • Sep 17, 2026

RFK Jr promises anti-vaxxers a 'friend at the White House' amid deadly measles outbreak

Drug alerts issued in northwestern Ontario after 60-plus poisonings
  • Sep 17, 2026

Drug alerts issued in northwestern Ontario after 60-plus poisonings

After years of family doctor shortages, the North Shore has room for 20,000 new patients
  • Sep 17, 2026

After years of family doctor shortages, the North Shore has room for 20,000 new patients

Need a new, better drug to tackle a serious illness? In Canada, you have to ‘fail’ on an old drug first
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  • Sep 17, 2026

Need a new, better drug to tackle a serious illness? In Canada, you have to ‘fail’ on an old drug first

Second Alzheimer’s-treating drug should be publicly covered, Canada’s Drug Agency recommends
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  • Sep 17, 2026

Second Alzheimer’s-treating drug should be publicly covered, Canada’s Drug Agency recommends

‘It is exciting’: Manitoba researchers find potential breakthrough for Multiple Sclerosis treatment
  • Sep 17, 2026

‘It is exciting’: Manitoba researchers find potential breakthrough for Multiple Sclerosis treatment

Ontario launches medical school tuition grants worth $220-million for family doctors
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  • Sep 17, 2026

Ontario launches medical school tuition grants worth $220-million for family doctors

Fixing B.C. tech tangle 'a top priority' for new health minister
  • Sep 16, 2026

Fixing B.C. tech tangle 'a top priority' for new health minister

Sanofi inaugurates Toronto facility that will produce seasonal flu vaccines for Canadians
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  • Sep 16, 2026

Sanofi inaugurates Toronto facility that will produce seasonal flu vaccines for Canadians

Mice with human brain cells offer a tool to study disease. Ethicists ask: What's next?
  • Sep 16, 2026

Mice with human brain cells offer a tool to study disease. Ethicists ask: What's next?

A decade after mercury ban, toxic skin bleachers still offered on top retailers’ websites
  • Sep 16, 2026

A decade after mercury ban, toxic skin bleachers still offered on top retailers’ websites

Use of untested ‘Wolverine’ peptide on the rise, U.S. study finds
  • Sep 16, 2026

Use of untested ‘Wolverine’ peptide on the rise, U.S. study finds

ER diversion to intoxication recovery program reduces ambulance drop-off times
  • Sep 16, 2026

ER diversion to intoxication recovery program reduces ambulance drop-off times

Why Canadian emergency rooms are operating like peak winter during the summer
  • Sep 16, 2026

Why Canadian emergency rooms are operating like peak winter during the summer

Abortion bans make 'evidence-based medicine' impossible in some cases, new report says
  • Sep 16, 2026

Abortion bans make 'evidence-based medicine' impossible in some cases, new report says

E-scooters are becoming faster amid safety concerns, according to a new test
  • Sep 16, 2026

E-scooters are becoming faster amid safety concerns, according to a new test

No summer break for emergency departments flooded with high volumes of patients
  • Sep 16, 2026

No summer break for emergency departments flooded with high volumes of patients

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