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Heather Winterstein didn't show hallmark warning signs of potentially life-threatening sepsis when she went through triage screening the day before she died at the hospital in St. Catharines, Ont., an emergency medical expert told the coroner's ...

One woman was admitted with a life-threatening condition called exercise-induced or exertional rhabdomyolysis, rhabdo for short. The illness can happen after an intense workout and is when muscle tissue breaks down, leaking enzymes and proteins into ...

One thing Suzanne Dupuis-Blanchard knew for sure as she grew older: she wanted to live in her own home for as long as possible. The Nursing Home Without Walls program is helping with that.

The Highland Health Home and Learning Centre in New Glasgow is testing the idea that prevention is cure as it hands out free bags of greens to its patients as part of a 12-week pilot program.

Five years after Pete Pearson, 75, was diagnosed with a terminal lung condition, he was experiencing debilitating anxiety and depression known as "end-of-life distress." He wanted to try psilocybin -- commonly known as magic mushrooms -- to see if it ...

Canadian Armed Forces members used their own personal social media accounts, computers and networks at home during the COVID-19 pandemic and gathered information about Canadians, violating intelligence-gathering rules, according to a newly released . ...

A CBC News analysis of hospital financial statements reveals many of eastern Ontario's hospitals have been struggling with their bottom line over the past three years, with about half operating in the red and some borrowing millions from banks. ...

The former MP who spent more than a decade pushing to legalize single-event sports betting says he doesn't regret it -- but says its implementation is in some ways "sad" and "deplorable."

Crocodile dung. Tapeworms. Raw meat facials. Yes, at some point in history these wildly popular -- and wildly unproven -- treatments were how people tried to stay young. Right now, plenty of influencers will tell you that injectable peptides are the ...

The federal government says a ban on the import of rescue dogs into Canada will remain in place until further notice due to rabies concerns. Animal advocacy groups say the restrictions -- which were brought in more than three years ago and originally ...