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Once their hospital treatment ends, patients without housing are discharged back onto the streets, often without a phone, family doctor, health card or shelter. Many return to hospital with worsened health conditions and the cycle continues.
As Ontario enters peak summer season, infectious disease experts are warning that some viruses — from respiratory bugs to mosquito-borne illnesses — thrive in the heat.
A new Canadian study suggests that consuming dairy may increase the likelihood of nightmares and poor-quality sleep.
Health Canada has issued a recall for Novo Nordisk’s semaglutide injector Ozempic due to potential cracked glass cartridges.
Health Canada has announced a Canada-wide consumer recall for Deuter Micro Star children’s sleeping bags due to the products being a potential suffocation hazard.
After more than a decade without it, fluoride is now being reintroduced into Calgary’s drinking water.
Peeters Mushroom Farm sliced mushrooms distributed in Ontario and Quebec are being recalled for possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.
Innovative new technology could soon mean that screening for cervical cancer won’t be as uncomfortable as a Pap test, according to two Waterloo, Ont., researchers.
Health Canada has announced a national recall for Bell Cadence youth bike helmets, over potentially insufficient protection in the event of a crash, risking head injury.
Hiding deep inside the body, a dangerous type of fat wraps itself around vital organs such as the kidneys, liver and heart — triggering inflammation that can lead to insulin resistance and chronic diseases which cut life short.
In the time before widespread vaccination, death often came early.
A record heat wave that spread across the East Coast of the United States during the first week of summer has child advocates warning parents and caretakers about the risks of heatstroke to children left inside hot vehicles.
A warming climate is driving a rise in Lyme disease and the introduction of lesser-known tick-borne diseases, public health specialists say.
Health Minister Silvia Jones says that an investigation is underway into a reported data breach at a third-party vendor amid claims that the personal health information of approximately 200,000 Ontarians may have been accessed.
Ontario is expanding its suite of publicly funded private community surgical and diagnostic centres.
A Toronto doctor previously convicted of sexually assaulting three of his patients has officially lost his medical licence.
