TORONTO — A vaccine designed to prevent dementia is ready to enter the human trial stage within two years after successful tests on mice, researchers say....
PARIS, FRANCE — A computer program can identify breast cancer from routine scans with greater accuracy than human experts, researchers said in what they hoped could...
Children who drink full-fat milk are less likely to be overweight than those given skimmed and semi-skimmed, a study suggests. Researchers found that children who drank...
TORONTO — On a quiet New Year’s Day, a Hamilton teacher invited her former students to open their carefully packaged time capsules from two decades ago...
A UK man has shocked doctors after a 14cm cancerous horn-shaped growth sprouted from his lower back, despite no history of skin cancer. According to a...
The Ribbon Rouge Foundation wants to remove the stigma around HIV. When it comes to shame and silence around HIV-positive status in Alberta, some significant strides...
It’s hard to walk down the kitchenware aisle in a Canadian store without noticing the “BPA-free” labels on plastic bottles and containers. Consumers usually assume these...
Meal time at Alynn Casgrain’s home requires some co-ordination. While her 11-month-old twin boys, Sam and Jake, wait patiently in their high chairs, four-year-old big sister...
We heard last week that one case of influenza-A had been confirmed in the Porcupine Health Unit’s jurisdiction. Public health nurse Katelin Gambino says that’s the...
Chinese health authorities said they are investigating 27 cases of viral pneumonia in the central city of Wuhan, after rumors on social media suggested the outbreak...