Tag Archives: Health
Screen all kids between 2 and 10 for high cholesterol, pediatric society recommends
TORONTO - The Canadian Paediatric Society is recommending cholesterol screening for all kids between two and 10 years old. The position statement released Friday says atherosclerosis - or plaque build...
Feb 26, 2026
Myles Gray had injected testosterone, doctor tells hearing into police-involved death
VANCOUVER - A man who died after being beaten by police in 2015 had been injecting unprescribed testosterone, his family doctor told a public hearing into the death. But Dr. Christoffel Mentz-Serfonte...
Feb 26, 2026
Quebec campaign aims to combat alpha male influencers who trivialize sexual violence
MONTRAL - Universities and junior colleges across Quebec are launching a new campaign to counter the rise of male influencers. The bilingual strategy is part of the third phase of the campaign entitle...
Feb 26, 2026
Quebec campaign aims to combat alpha male influencers who trivialize sexual violence
MONTRAL - Universities and junior colleges across Quebec are launching a new campaign to counter the rise of male influencers. The bilingual strategy is part of the third phase of the campaign entitle...
Feb 26, 2026
Feds announce more than $41.5 million for cancer prevention research
OTTAWA - The federal government has announced more than $41 million for cancer prevention research. A news release said six research funding organizations contributed funds, including the Canadian Ins...
Feb 26, 2026
B.C. man cured of rare disease in world-first for new gene-editing technology
Ty Sperle says he felt "insane shock" after learning he'd been cured of a rare genetic disease through a clinical trial using a new gene-editing treatment. The B.C. man says he'd started that day last...
Feb 26, 2026
Vance says administration is pausing some Medicaid funding to Minnesota because of fraud concerns
WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President JD Vance announced Wednesday that the Trump administration would "temporarily halt" some Medicaid funding to the state of Minnesota over fraud concerns, as part of wha...
Feb 25, 2026
Newsweek ranks UHN's Toronto General the second-best hospital in the world
TORONTO - An annual hospital ranking by Newsweek magazine has deemed Toronto General the second-best in the world. The University Health Network (UHN) hospital has moved up a spot since last year, pla...
Feb 25, 2026
Doctors, health groups call for action as Canada lags on cervical cancer prevention
OTTAWA - Cervical cancer is both the fastest-growing type of cancer in Canada and one that is almost completely preventable - and advocates gathered in Ottawa on Wednesday to call on the federal gover...
Feb 25, 2026
'Horrible war': Ukrainian eye doctor training in Calgary to better help wounded
CALGARY - Dr. Pavla Ivaniuta remembers the first days of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the stream of wounded men, women and children she treated for horrific eye injuries. The most common wounds...
Feb 24, 2026
