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Within 10 minutes of disclosing his sleepless nights to his family doctor, Georges Marcoux had a little white pill in his hand.

The family birth unit emphasized physiological — or natural — medication-free births and collaborated with midwives, who shared their expertise and knowledge with the unit's nurses. Some say the closure is a missed opportunity for Montreal.

There's a sizzling debate on social media over seed oils, with some people adamantly claiming they are unhealthy. But new research, which expands on previous studies in this area, finds that they could reduce your risk of an early death. 

An Ontario judge has granted an injunction to keep 10 supervised consumption sites open while he considers a Charter challenge of a new provincial law that bans the sites from operating within 200 metres of schools or daycares.

Bianca Buitrago-Poulin, 34, was diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia two years ago, but her illness had been affecting her long before then. After more than a decade of working in geriatric care, symptoms were making it hard to hold down a job.

Justice C.A. Rickards of Court of King’s Bench denied a request by Aaron Brown, a man with opioid use disorder, to keep the OPS open beyond March 31. 

Northern Health is warning that a toxic drug that is "equal or more toxic than fentanyl" is being sold in northern B.C.

The New Brunswick government has begun the "data analysis phase" of its investigation into undiagnosed neurological symptoms affecting hundreds of people in seven provinces and whether environmental substances, such as heavy metals and pesticides, are a factor.

Dawson Creek is looking at team care to serve the needs of the community.

As Canada deals with its largest measles outbreak in more than a decade, health experts say a COVID-era tool could help tame the spread. 

Lee Goguen says her parents' decision to receive medical assistance in dying at Saint John Regional Hospital gave the couple, who were both suffering from cancer, a merciful and peaceful death.

A Chilliwack mother faces a year-and-a-half wait for an epilepsy procedure. The hospital that performs them, VGH, can only do two a month.

Bruce Masales had a 21-year volunteer firefighting career in Eastern Passage. But he doesn't qualify for workers' compensation or other municipal insurance coverage, falling through a gap in both systems.

Five years after COVID-19 sent Canada's kids into a cycle of virtual learning and school closures, long-term effects of it still remain. Experts say international studies point to lags in performance in math and literacy, and that there are other, less quantifiable impacts, like lacking a sense of belonging at school.

Quebec is the first province to publicly cover costs of long-acting injectable HIV prevention medication Apretude. Experts say it's a much-needed, long-awaited tool — and they're pushing to make it and other HIV prevention medications completely free.

Measles is so infectious that when under-vaccinated individuals mingle, they'll always be at risk. That's why public health officials across Canada stress the importance of high vaccination rates amid backsliding and growing outbreaks.

In an 11-page court document filed Thursday, the former CEO of Alberta Health Services alleges the province’s health minister and AHS have crafted a narrative about her that is “completely unfounded, entirely fictitious, malicious” and replete with “bad faith allegations.”

Even people who have a family care clinic say they face long waits to get an appointment, while thousands more compete for slots at walk-in clinics.