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Vancouver woman suing after 'painful' laser hair removal leaves her scarred

Ex-NDP leader Tom Mulcair featured at pro-homeopathy conference in Montreal

Mailing free home HIV tests helps detect more infections, U.S. study shows

Trump backing off ban on vaping flavours popular with teens

Manitoba nurses' college puts mandatory English tests on hold after pushback from schools

Drug used to treat gout cuts odds of new heart attack, stroke in heart attack survivors

Dr. Brian's Blog

Obesity-related cancers on the rise in younger Canadians: study

Samoa officials declare emergency in measles outbreak that has killed 6

London Children's Hospital not alone in barring in-person gifts to patients

MD in court to claim too-long waits give patients right to pay for private health care

'Moms are put at risk every day': Flin Flon still without birth services, 1 year later

How technology is helping make N.S. health care more efficient

Saskatchewan government considers funding first supervised consumption site

2010 coroner's investigation raised questions over Thunder Bay hospital's discharge practices

Second Opinion

'It's torture': Is a mysterious cannabis-related illness underdiagnosed in Canada?

Bob McDonald's blog

Get some sleep, and get your brain washed

Marketplace

Cut dairy from your diet? You may be deficient in vitamin D, calcium

Why you shouldn't salt a leech that's sucking your blood

Why doctors need to walk a 'fine line' when talking to parents about alternative therapies for autism

Marketplace

Coconut oil is marketed as healthy, but it has more saturated fat than butter or lard

From victims to advocates: People with developmental disabilities are changing the health-care system