Health

Acadia Pharmaceuticals said on Thursday its experimental drug for psychosis associated with Alzheimer’s disease missed the main goal of a mid-stage study, sending the drugmaker’s shares down about 11 per cent.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says her government is considering adding a health premium for temporary residents to help combat the high cost of care.

After a woman died of severe hepatitis caused by an accidental Tylenol overdose at her home, a Quebec coroner is recommending reducing the size of over the counter containers.

Merck MRK.N said on Thursday its injectable drug to treat a serious eye disease affecting diabetes patients met the main goal in a mid- to late-stage trial.

When Ken and Dede Wilson needed medical care during their latest summer stay on P.E.I., they turned to a private-pay doctor service that has since drawn criticism from the premier and come under government review.

Most people don’t worry about their cardiovascular health until they get older. But strokes, one type of cardiovascular disease, in young adults are steadily on the rise — and have nearly doubled in the last three decades, according to a new study.

Health Canada has suspended all collection activities at a donation facility in Winnipeg where a patient who donated plasma died last year.

An Ontario court has quashed a decision denying provincial coverage for out-of-country cancer treatment to a young father with Stage 4 melanoma, saying the government offered no basis for its main reasoning.

The number of older adults in Ontario living with opioid-use disorder (OUD) has more than doubled since 2017, a new study out of Toronto’s St. Michael’s Hospital has found.

Authorities are urging people to avoid an herbal extract found during their investigations into the deaths of two students – one on and one off campus – at the University of Mississippi following a rowdy weekend centred on a major football rivalry.

Congo is running short of health workers to staff treatment centres for history’s fastest-growing Ebola outbreak, particularly in the eastern province of North Kivu where cases have surged 73 per cent over three weeks, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.

Federal Health Minister Marjorie Michel says she’s not considering changes to regulations that restrict the sale of nicotine pouches, while tobacco control groups say the government needs to do more to tamp out the illicit market.

A children’s book has been recalled in Canada due to a potential choking hazard.

An anonymous donor has gifted $100 million to The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation, the largest donation it has ever received.

The union representing employees at Hamilton Health Sciences says a plan to cut more than 400 jobs will result in “overcrowded hospitals” and “unsafe conditions for patients and workers.”