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The summer is peak season for common skin complaints like poison ivy, prickly heat and sunburns. Dr. Michelle Henry, board-certified dermatologist, joins TODAY to share how to prevent and treat them. Tips include oatmeal baths for poison plant ...

A new advocacy group formed by Bow Valley doctors is working with the Alberta Living Wage Network to calculate what a worker would need to make per hour to be able to comfortably live and work in the town.

The Health and Social Care Committee (HSSC), a cross-party group of 11 MPs, has asked the Government to explain if the UK is prepared for a future outbreak.

Dr Oscar is back with the latest health headlines.

When popular villains in cartoon shows and movies speak in foreign-accented English, the young children watching the conniving depictions also seem to pick up language biases, Canadian researchers say.

Could something as simple as vitamin C help support a healthier aging brain? In a study of more than 2,000 older adults in Japan, researchers found that people with lower vitamin C levels in their blood also tended to have less gray matter and weaker ...

Scientists have solved a long-standing mystery by discovering the missing genetic ingredient that helps melanoma cells become effectively immortal. The breakthrough could open the door to new treatments aimed at disrupting one of cancer's most ...

The biggest mistake I see in the treatment of people 70 and older is that they are prescribed weight loss medications as if they were a healthy 35-year-old.

The mRNA vaccines approved to treat COVID-19 are safe and effective and show promise in treating other diseases including cancer, according to a new review published in The Lancet Tuesday.

Hair loss can feel isolating, yet it affects around eight million women in the UK. The problem becomes increasingly common with age, particularly in the years leading up to 50.