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Pay attention to the link between heart and brain health, new Canadian recommendations say.

People in and around Flin Flon have started a health care committee to improve regional care. Saskatchewan residents use the hospital in the northern Manitoba community, but sometimes have trouble accessing care.

GrS Montreal, the sole clinic in Quebec offering fully subsidized gender-affirming surgeries, recently announced that a change in provincial funding will delay wait times -- possibly by years -- but only for Quebec patients.

A Calgary private plasma collection centre was designated as "non-compliant" by Health Canada in December for violating rules regulating the country's blood supply. The revelation is sparking new questions about safety.

Some health-care workers who either directly provide medical assistance in dying or work in that field say they are strongly opposed to Bill 18 -- which, if passed, would prevent doctors or nurse practitioners from administering MAID to patients if . ...

Despite increases to provincial funding in recent years, the percentage of children with autism registered with the Ontario Autism Program and receiving funding had yet to crack 25 per cent as of early this year -- as demand for the funding continues ...

An Ottawa father says he was shocked to discover that his teenage son had ordered banned pharmaceuticals from the internet, and is warning others about websites that he says are putting kids at risk.

Shannon Flaman has lived in Saskatchewan, B.C. and Alberta. Her experiences in emergency rooms and finding family doctors have changed the way she sees the country's health care.

A powerful tranquilizer surfacing in Alberta's unregulated drug supply cannot be reversed by standard opioid overdose treatments, warns an Alberta-based researcher and physician.

Most women enter menopause in their mid-40s or 50s, but for those hitting this transformational life stage earlier, scientists warn there could be a heightened risk of future health impacts, like heart attacks and dementia.