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From beauty mogul Kylie Jenner lighting up on the cover of Vanity Fair to cigarette trays at singer Dua Lipa’s wedding, the pop culture-verse has rebooted cigarettes as the accessory du jour, health risks be damned.
Canadian Blood Services is urging Canadians to book blood donation appointments after the national blood supply fell 20 per cent in six weeks. Officials say the decline is worse than a typical summer slowdown, and they still don’t know exactly why.
Several doctors are reopening the debate about ‘death by organ donation’ in a new paper published in a medical journal.
The toilet humor took a disturbing turn when some people on social media suggested they wanted to contract this infection for its potential weight-loss effects.
Researchers have developed a new method through blood tests that could be a breakthrough in helping identify early signs of Alzheimer’s disease.
A candy bar is being recalled across Canada due to an undeclared ingredient that could be deadly to some consumers.
Drink tart cherry juice for sleepmaxxing! Add protein in everything for proteinmaxxing! Eat raw garlic for spermmaxxing! Online influencers are telling you to take your health to the max with highly specific — and sometimes highly unusual — changes.
Measles has continued its historic resurgence in the United States this year, with a second record-breaking year in a row.
A six-year-old Chinese girl died last year after receiving an experimental gene-therapy to correct a non-life-threatening condition, according to an investigation by Science and Retraction Watch.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday that Midwest Poultry Services is recalling nearly 1.6 million dozen white shell eggs and brown cage-free shell eggs produced in Texas, as they have the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella Enteritidis.
Mexico’s health ministry said on Thursday that results of its studies of lettuce and water samples from U.S. supplier Taylor Farms were negative for cyclospora.
Canadians travelling to the United States should take precautions with food, but there’s no need to panic over an outbreak of the diarrhea-causing illness cyclosporiasis, says an infectious diseases physician.
A panel of U.S. federal health advisers on Thursday narrowly recommended easing access to several peptides popular with wellness influencers and celebrities, despite warnings from government scientists that the chemicals haven’t been shown safe or effective.
Federal health officials are investigating a new outbreak involving the diarrhea-causing parasite cyclospora.
American Vinton Smith from Pennsylvania has given blood in all 50 U.S. states and has now donated in Quebec, the first Canadian province added to his journey.
Thousands of Canadian-made window blinds and shades have been recalled because they pose a strangulation hazard to young children.
