An increase in visits to the emergency department after a recall of some blood pressure medications suggests better co-ordination between Health Canada, doctors and pharmacists when a recall is announced, a study by the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences says....

A health worker fills a syringe with Ebola vaccine before injecting it to a patient, in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, August 5, 2019. (Baz Ratner/Reuters) U.S. drugmaker Merck & Co Inc on Monday received approval from the European Commission...

Jean Lee, a PhD student at Melbourne's Doherty Institute, inspects the antibiotic-resistant superbug Staphylcocus epidermidis on an agar plate. A Canadian expert panel cautions the percentage of bacterial infections resistant to treatment is likely to grow from 26 per cent...

Peter Grahn, a neuroscientist at the Mayo Clinic, was paralyzed in a swimming accident in 2005, and now studies epidural stimulation. He understands firsthand how anxious patients with spinal injuries are to see his research become a real-life option, but...

Gregory Scott is the founder of SoundPrint, an app that measures noise levels inspired by Scott's frustration with noise in restaurants as a person with hearing loss. (Stefano Giovannini/SoundPrint) Nick Politi readily admits his restaurant is noisy. His customers think...

A growing number of researchers examining the effects of music on the brain could lead to new therapeutic treatments in the future. (Christine Daniloff/MIT) This is an excerpt from Second Opinion, a weekly roundup of eclectic and under-the-radar health and...

Goddess Vaginal Detox Pearls are filled with herbal ingredients, including borneol, a substance that Health Canada issued a warning about in 2002. (Jenny Cowley/CBC) Health Canada has banned the sale of a natural health care product that is marketed as...

Goddess Vaginal Detox Pearls are filled with herbal ingredients, including borneol, a substance that Health Canada issued a warning about in 2002. (Jenny Cowley/CBC) Health Canada has banned the sale of a natural health care product that is marketed as a...

Goddess Vaginal Detox Pearls are filled with herbal ingredients, including borneol, a substance that Health Canada issued a warning about in 2002. (Jenny Cowley/CBC) Health Canada has banned the sale of a natural health care product that is marketed as a...