Health

Researchers in the United States are warning of a possible link between sugar-sweetened drinks and gastric cancer.

Ontario will soon be putting out a call for proposals to create or expand 78 primary care teams, as it works toward a goal of attaching all Ontarians to primary care by 2029.

Flight attendants and pilots are at the highest risk of dying from radiation-related cancers — even more than people who work with radioactive materials, according to a new study.

A major pharmaceutical company is warning Canadians about black market sales of an ‘unapproved and illegal’ obesity drug.

Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak has now killed over 2,300 people and become the deadliest outbreak of the disease on record in the Central African nation.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is recalling several types of cheese products sold in Ontario and Quebec due to generic E. coli contamination.

Doctors say medical misinformation is leading to a growing number of parents refusing the vitamin K shot for their newborns, prompting fresh warnings from the medical community.

A new study finds many Americans still believe antibiotics should be taken for a week or longer, despite a shift toward shorter courses for many infections. A Canadian infectious diseases physician explains why patients should finish what is prescribed even as prescriptions themselves get shorter.

Health Canada has authorized a drug to treat moderate to severe hot flashes and night sweats in breast cancer patients.

An outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease near the downtown core is under investigation by Toronto Public Health (TPH).

Nestle is seeking to turn the rise of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs from a threat into a business opportunity, using artificial intelligence and nutritional science to develop products aimed at millions of consumers taking medicines such as Ozempic and Wegovy.

In a biomedicine laboratory at Polytechnique Montréal, animal protein grows in a bubbling orange solution as researchers in white lab coats take samples with large syringes.

Medication used to reduce patients’ risk of developing blood clots may also reduce the rate of cognitive decline related to Alzheimer’s.

Bedbug infestations are increasing. This is the time of year when they tend to be at their worst. And some scientists think the reviled pests might be capable of spreading an antibiotic-resistant infection called MRSA.

A deadly Listeria outbreak that contaminated plant-based milk in 2024 was traced back to a Pickering, Ont., plant thanks to a coconut beverage 'past its expiry date' found in someone’s fridge, according to a recent investigation.