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Looksmaxxing is ostensibly about improving your appearance. But a new study says members of online looksmaxxing forums take it too far with caustic critiques, harmful remedies and encouragement of suicide.

A London woman injured in a car crash says she's left with no choice but to pay to see a doctor in the United States after waiting almost two years for a diagnosis from an Ontario spine surgeon.

Liberal Party pledges to make an access to abortion fund permanent and spend up to $20,000 for IVF treatment are being welcomed by some reproductive health advocates. But they also caution that more details need to be released, particularly on how such initiatives will be funded.

Some clinics charge thousands a year for primary care and out-of-pocket fees while an estimated 6.5 million Canadian adults don't have a regular health-care provider like a family doctor or nurse practitioner.

We went to Sheshatshiu to shoot a documentary on drug trafficking. What we found were people with lived experience risking their own mental health and well-being to help others.

An Ontario cafe chain has scored a win in its fight with Canadian food regulators to keep selling Vegemite at its stores. 

Forced treatment without consent in any shape or form is controversial. It's also something that will likely soon be enacted in Alberta. Psychiatrists Rob Tanguay and David Crockford joined Alberta at Noon on Thursday to discuss the nuances of making unwilling people get help for their addictions.

The election April 28 presents an opportunity to have a say on certain aspects of health care the federal government controls, and to hold lawmakers — and would-be lawmakers — to account, health policy experts say.

The IWK Health Centre says it is working toward a new menu that will emphasize locally sourced foods, and include more gluten-free and diverse options.

Dr. Sunil Sookram is now the province's temporary top doctor after Dr. Mark Joffe left of his own accord earlier this week.

Measles spread to 109 more people in Ontario over the last week, bringing the province's total cases to 925 since an outbreak began in October.

Members of the World Health Organization reached a landmark agreement on Wednesday on how to learn from COVID-19, which killed millions of people in 2020-22, and prepare the world for future pandemics.

Quebec's Health Ministry says it's on the verge of declaring its measles outbreak over, just as cases reach new heights in other parts of the country.

With just under two weeks to go until election day, some Canadians with disabilities say they feel forgotten by the federal party leaders.

A Nova Scotia woman recovering from a lung transplant says she had to take tens of thousands of dollars from her retirement fund in order to undergo a life-saving transplant because provincial medical allowances fall far short of her expenses.

A new CDC report suggests autism diagnosis rates continue to rise in the U.S., sparking inflammatory rhetoric from government officials, while experts largely attribute the trend to improved screening and better understanding of the condition. 

An open letter penned by a group of Manitoba researchers has garnered support from hundreds of other scientists and academics across the country, sounding the alarm about the effects of research cuts in the U.S. on Canadian research and urging federal political leaders to take action.

Dr. Mark Joffe is no longer Alberta's chief medical officer of health, leaving the province without a top doctor as it battles growing measles outbreaks.

Babies and children up to age four could be breathing in and absorbing plasticizer chemicals from their mattresses while they sleep, a Canadian study suggests.

Bill 53, the Compassionate Intervention Act, lays out the criteria, guidelines and process for a family member or guardian, health-care professional or police officer to get someone into treatment. The legislation was introduced Tuesday.