Category: Health
What we know about the Alzheimer’s drug approved by Health Canada
hHealth Canada has given conditional approval to the drug lecanumab to slow early-stage Alzheimer's disease, raising questions about its effectiveness and availability in Canada. Lecanimab ... Read More
Some doctors say most Alberta parents are opposing vitamin K injections for newborns
Some doctors in Alberta say they're seeing a recent and worrying trend that new parents are either questioning or refusing vitamin K injections, which have ... Read More
86-year-old man with Alzheimer’s walked out of Saskatoon care home without trace, dies days later
When Bailey Smith's grandmother made the difficult decision to move her husband of nearly 60 years into a care home, she hoped he would eventually ... Read More
BC health minister under fire over mass resignation of Kamloops ob-gyns
BC's health minister is addressing what is being described as a maternity crisis in the province, following the mass resignation of a group of obstetrician-gynecologists ... Read More
Texas sues Tylenol makers J&J and Kenvue, citing unproven link between drug and autism
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday sued the makers of Tylenol — Johnson & Johnson and Kenview, accusing them of knowingly hiding the drug's ... Read More
Drug that could slow early-stage Alzheimer’s disease has been approved by Health Canada
Health Canada has authorized a drug that slows the progression of Alzheimer's disease.Lecanumab is the first drug approved in Canada that targets the buildup of ... Read More
Cardiologists say World Series games can actually increase fans’ heart rates
While the nail-biting action for fans when a Dodgers pitcher stares down a Blue Jays batter is as real to the body as any other ... Read More
Report shows how indigenous people who survived forced sterilization can conceive again
A new report looks at how Indigenous people who have experienced coerced or coerced sterilization may be able to conceive in the future. The report ... Read More
Avian flu has hit farms in BC’s Fraser Valley, causing 7 outbreaks this month
Avian flu has spread to at least seven locations in B.C.'s Fraser Valley this month, with six cases reported since Thursday, and local farmers are ... Read More
This woman had to launch a campaign to find a liver donor. Transplant docs say there must be a better way
listen A stranger south of the border donated part of his liver:the current22:58Would you become a living donor to a stranger?It is very unusual in ... Read More