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As the federal government prepares to table new legislation that would allow advance requests for medical assistance in dying, the stark difference in opinion between two provinces highlights an ongoing debate about what constitutes true consent among people who have dementia.
Justice Minister Sean Fraser will be introducing legislation Tuesday to amend Canada’s medical assistance in dying regime, both to indefinitely exclude those whose sole underlying condition is a mental illness from qualifying, and to allow advance directives to be issued in certain cases.
An individual recently died a day after donating plasma, but health officials and the Canadian Blood Services say it isn’t connected to the donation itself.
A B.C. acupuncturist has been suspended for two months after prescribing her patients the animal dewormers ivermectin and fenbendazole—the latter of which is “not approved for human consumption,” according to the professional regulator.
Children’s bicycle seats are being recalled in Canada due to being a potential choking hazard.
A Swiss woman being treated for Ebola in Nigeria was medically evacuated to Switzerland with her husband Monday, officials said, as Nigerian authorities continued monitoring 52 people who had been in contact with her.
Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones says more than 511,000 people have been connected to primary care since her government set a goal of attaching everyone in the province.
A nurse was killed and a health worker severely injured after being attacked while responding to an Ebola alert in Congo, according to the World Health Organization.
In school districts from Los Angeles to Philadelphia, parents shared how they are battling to put stricter limits on device-led learning, most commonly tablets and laptops, such as iPads, Google Chromebooks and MacBooks. Nationwide, some parents, educators and students told CNN they worry about bullying, access to adult content, the use of artificial intelligence for cheating and the little evidence that devices are better learning tools than pencils and paper.
Reminding yourself to smile often can not only make more friendships but it can also make you feel better.
A former professional football player is hoping to inspire men across the country to be more mindful about the amount of time spent on social media.
Kenya’s Health Ministry announced the country’s second Ebola death Friday, saying a 65-year-old woman who was a close relative of the first patient died while in quarantine.
A number of common nursery products can be unsafe for babies, according to a sleep expert. And it’s related to development of infants.
More people are low in iron than in any other micronutrient, according to the American Society of Hematology. But many live with fatigue, weakness, brain fog and other symptoms for months or years before a deficiency is caught.
The first known human case of Shamonda virus was reported by France on Thursday.
A first-of-its-kind cancer vaccine is significantly reducing the chances that melanoma patients’ tumors come back, according to results of a major study released Thursday by drugmakers Moderna and Merck.
