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• Using melatonin for sleep is on the rise, study says, despite potential health harms

  More and more adults are taking over-the-counter melatonin to get to sleep, and some may be using it at dangerously high levels, a study has found.

  

• Canada facing critical shortages of leukemia and thyroid cancer drugs

  Canada is currently facing a critical shortage of drugs used to fight thyroid cancer and a form of leukemia.

  

• Premiers need to keep talking about the health-care crisis: medical associations

  The Canadian Medical Association and 14 other organizations representing health workers are urging premiers to keep health care at the top of the agenda at their next meeting in July.

  

• Depression, living in a disadvantaged neighbourhood may lead to faster aging: study

  A new Canadian-led study has found that feeling depressed, along with living in a disadvantaged neighbourhood, may lead to premature aging.

  

• Hormone patches or creams for menopause symptoms may have lower blood pressure risk than pills

  Women often use hormone therapy to relieve hot flashes and other menopause symptoms -- and new research suggests patches or creams may be safer for their blood pressure than pills.

• Antipsychotic drugs use increased in Canadian long-term care homes, pointing to possible quality-of-care issues: study

  New study finds increase in antipsychotic drugs use in long-term care homes across Canada, despite no significant increase in behavioural symptoms – something that may expose a potential area of concern for quality of care, researchers say.

• Experts warn of 'rapid' growth of IBD as number of Canadians diagnosed set to reach 470K by 2035

  The number of people in Canada with inflammatory bowel disease is increasing rapidly and is expected to grow to 470,000 by 2035, according to a new report from Crohn's and Colitis Canada.

• Black men were likely underdiagnosed with lung problems because of bias in software, study suggests

  Racial bias built into a common medical test for lung function is likely leading to fewer Black patients getting care for breathing problems, a study published Thursday suggests.

• Alcohol policies in every province, territory receive failing grade in meeting public health standards: report

  A new report has found that alcohol policies in all provinces and territories are failing to meet public health standards.

• New non-invasive tool can detect early stages of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's

  Researchers at Carleton University's Department of Electronics in Ottawa created a ground-breaking testing device to detect early signs of Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s through biomolecular activities in a person’s saliva.

• State Supreme Court: Ohio abortion question will go forward as single issue

  In a blow to abortion opponents in Ohio, a fall ballot issue aimed at enshrining access to the procedure in state's constitution will not be split into two separate issues -- one about abortion, and one about all other reproductive care.

• Why are people in Britain talking about Boris Johnson's WhatsApp messages?

  Critics accuse the British administration of running "government by WhatsApp" because of the popularity of the messaging app with politicians and officials. So it feels inevitable that a tussle over WhatsApp messages is at the heart of Britain's official inquiry into how the country handled the COVID-19 pandemic.