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Actress Hilary Swank, 52, has announced she's pregnant with her third child. It's the latest example of a growing trend in Canada and the U.S. of people choosing to have children later in life. But it's not without risks, one expert says.

A new study co-authored by two researchers at Hamilton's McMaster University suggests brain health could be affected by consuming too much ultra-processed foods produced to be cheap and ready-to-eat.

Canadian health ministers meet in Winnipeg today after the federal government announced it would extend funding for mental health, addictions and home care by one year.

Kenya's Health Ministry confirmed the country's second Ebola case Wednesday, saying a relative of the man who died two days after arriving from Congo had tested positive while in quarantine.

Hundreds of physicians would not practise in Alberta if the province leaves Confederation, a survey by the organization that represents doctors in the province indicates.

Months after the death of their baby girl, Carly Wedge and Alexandre Genest are touring around Nova Scotia on their bicycles -- working through their grief, raising money for the hospital that tried to save her, and spreading the word about a vaccine ...

Helen Branswell, a journalist celebrated for her years of coverage on public health and infectious diseases, has died at the age of 69.

Ontario's medical regulator has approved significant changes to the way doctors prescribe safer supply drugs, in an effort to reduce the amount of opioids making their way to the streets.

While endometriosis affects one in 10 women, Canada's health care system is doing a "poor" job in providing them care and many women are seeking treatment outside the country.

A brand of turkey gravy sold in Canada has been recalled because it contains undeclared mustard.