Category: Health & Medicine

Avoid fast food, eat vegetables and exercise. It sounds like generic health advice, but they’re tips supposedly tailored to my DNA profile. The suggestions come from 23andme, one of the companies offering to point you toward the optimal eating and Read more …

U.S. government medical advisers said Monday it’s too soon to ban a type of breast implant that has recently been linked to a rare form of cancer, saying more information is needed to understand the problem. The U.S. Food and Drug Read more …

More than 600 Ontarians died from opioid overdoses in the first six months of last year, new numbers reveal, as overdose prevention sites await word on whether they can continue to operate in the province beyond Sunday. Public Health Ontario Read more …

Congo’s Ebola epidemic has now exceeded 1,000 cases, the Health Ministry said on Monday, with a death toll of 629 in the world’s second worst ever outbreak. Health workers have been better prepared than ever for this latest epidemic of Read more …

Just days after a handful of new cases of measles were confirmed in the Detroit area, there’s now one “probable” case on this side of the border in Chatham. The health unit was made aware of the potential for the Read more …

Improving the quality and availability of food could help reduce mental health issues among Indigenous populations in Canada, say researchers who analyzed survey responses from 14,000 Indigenous adults. Suicide is a major cause of death among First Nations, Métis and Read more …

The maker of OxyContin and the family that owns the company have reached a $270 million US settlement with the state of Oklahoma over the prescription painkiller’s role in the deadly opioid crisis in the U.S., a person familiar with Read more …