By Dr. Debakant Jena, Calgary Herald It’s important to talk about the issue that touches every one of us: health care. This is not about...

Changes to the Employment Standards Act will leave health-care providers with more time to spend with patients by eliminating the need for workers to...

By: Vijay Wadhawan According to an estimate recently cited by the Canadian Medical Association (CMA) it is estimated that more than 1 in 5 Canadians...

Governments spend hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars every year on our country’s public health care system. Health spending in 2023 was expected to...

Discover some surprising health benefits of fasting during the Holy Month. Ramadan is a special time for reflection, self-improvement, kindness, and spirituality - and fasting...

As the seasons change, the most common cases for urgent care in Fairfield, CT, are often related to the cold and flu. With symptoms...

The teenager who is sick with the first-ever human case of avian influenza acquired in Canada is in hospital in critical condition, provincial health...

Influenza, often known as “the flu”, is a contagious infection that typically runs from late fall to early spring.1 With the current COVID-19 pandemic,...

Diabetes Awareness Month takes place in November in honor of the Nov. 14 birthday of Dr. Frederick Banting, who discovered insulin in 1921. It...

By Katie Dangerfield As temperatures drop and more Canadians head indoors, the familiar sniffles, aches and pains may soon follow, signaling the arrival of cold...

Breast Cancer Awareness Month October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month on the National Day Calendar. The entire month is a reminder that there is a...

Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker Program has recently come under intense scrutiny, with a new United Nations report by a Special Rapporteur characterizing it as...

Health minister announces new ‘HART Hub’ model without ‘safer’ consumption. Ontario has banned supervised drug consumption sites within 200 metres of schools and child-care...

Participation jumped after Ottawa allowed dentists to submit individual insurance claims without signing up. More than 70 per cent of dentists are now accepting patients...

By: Khadija Nadeem, Surrey Miracle’s contributor Pakistan, like many developing nations, grapples with profound healthcare challenges that impact millions of its citizens daily. From inadequate infrastructure...

Overview of Psoriasis Psoriasis is a chronic (long-lasting) disease in which the immune system becomes overactive, causing skin cells to multiply too quickly. Patches of...

Dementia is a general term for loss of memory, language, problem-solving and other thinking abilities that are severe enough to interfere with daily life....

What am I getting wrong about mental health? While people in Canada are talking about mental health more than ever, misconceptions in the media and...

By James Gregory & Tim Dodd BBC News Exposure to mould can cause respiratory illnesses, allergies and asthma, and can sometimes be fatal. In 2020, two-year-old...

Who needs the HPV vaccine? How many doses? What about side effects?      Get answers to these questions and more. By Mayo Clinic Staff Human papillomavirus, also...