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While older women are living longer than men in Canada, many are ageing with greater financial insecurity, loneliness and exposure to ageism, according to a new report.
Novo Nordisk sued rival Eli Lilly in a U.S. federal court on Tuesday, accusing the U.S. drugmaker of false advertising in claiming its weight-loss medicines outperform Novo's drugs.
In nearly 25 years as a funeral director, Gautier Caton has never experienced anything like France’s record-breaking late-June heatwave, when he rented five refrigerated containers to store bodies arriving at up to three times the normal rate.
Spending hours in front of the television could be linked to changes in the brain later in life, according to a new study.
Montreal-based Goodfood is recalling two meatball meal kits due to undeclared egg and sesame seeds, which are food allergens.
Infants, toddlers and young children need outdoor activity to build strong bodies and minds, but they also require extra care in the heat.
The death toll in Congo’s Ebola outbreak has risen to at least 930, the country’s Ministry of Health said on Monday, with 37 new deaths reported in a 24-hour span Friday into Saturday, one of the highest totals.
The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office has performed autopsies in many high-profile cases, including that of 14-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who singer D4vd is charged with killing, and the death of “Friends” star Matthew Perry.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Sunday that laboratory experts re-checked lettuce sample results from Taylor Farms in an investigation into an outbreak of the cyclospora parasite and concluded the finding should be considered a false positive.
A new study by Japanese researchers suggests that feeding newborns breastmilk in the first six months after birth can help them sleep better.
Federal health officials identified iceberg lettuce from Mexico served at Taco Bell locations in five states as a source of widespread infections from the diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora.
The idea that more choice is better is baked into Western culture, but research shows that having more options can make people anxious, indecisive and, paradoxically, less happy with what they pick, said Barry Schwartz, an emeritus psychology professor at Swarthmore University and author of “The Paradox of Choice.”
Rhode Island has become the first U.S. state to explicitly require employers to provide workplace accommodations for employees experiencing menopause. Canadian experts say the move is prompting an important conversation about whether workers in this country need more support.
Federal officials say there have been no outbreaks of the diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora in Canada and that no lettuce implicated in an ongoing U.S. outbreak has been distributed in the country.
U.S. federal health officials have identified lettuce from Mexico served at Taco Bell locations across five U.S. states as a source of the widespread outbreak of diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora.
Seven cases of the diarrhea-causing illness cyclosporiasis have been reported in Alberta, according to the province.
