Health Care

The front entrance of Victoria General Hospital in Victoria, B.C. (Credit: Dirk Meissner/The Canadian Press files) How often…

Period-tracking apps promise simplicity: a colorful calendar that predicts when your next cycle begins, reminders about ovulation, and…

Pricey prescriptions and nagging medical costs are swamping some insurers and employers now. Patients may start paying for…

The blockbuster drugs designed to control diabetes — now also widely used to help overweight people shed pounds…

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Tobacco smoking is the number one cause of preventable disease and death in Canada; it is highly addictive…

The American Academy of Sleep Medicine has developed and validated a patient-reported outcome tool for use in a…

Parents are being urged by the provincial government to use the last week of summer vacation to ensure…

The es zumín’ Primary Care Centre in Mount Currie is officially a registered naloxone take-home site, expanding access…

The robot doctor will see you now? Not for the foreseeable future, anyway. Medical robots today are pretty…

The department’s deputy director-general, Somsak Kreechai, said the event will take place in Phuket. He emphasised that this…

Pictures of sore, blistered genitals have gone viral in Sierra Leone in recent months. The gruesome photos showing…

The high cost of government health care