Health

In a stunning example of when treatment might be worse than the disease, a large review of Medicare records finds that older people with small kidney tumors were much less likely to die over the next five years if doctors monitored them instead of op

TORONTO - Researchers are calling for the removal of a widely used pain medication from worldwide markets due to a high risk of heart attack and other adverse cardiovascular events associated with the drug.

EDMONTON - Alberta's auditor general says taxpayers have been paying for health bureaucrats to take $1,200 short-hop flights, shelling out up to $300 at a time to shuttle patients around in taxis and covering one health employee's costs to buzz about

TORONTO - No one said adolescence would be easy, but a new report from Canada's largest school board is quantifying student stress in the modern classroom.

CHICAGO - Want to know how much a hip replacement will cost? Many hospitals won't be able to tell you, at least not right away — if at all.

TORONTO - A new study suggests the way babies are born and fed in early life affects the bacteria they carry around in their gut.

TORONTO - A new Canadian study has found the answer to a question that has long divided obstetricians caring for women carrying twins.

CHICAGO - Shootings and other traumatic events involving children are not rare events, but there's a startling lack of scientific evidence on the best ways to help young survivors and witnesses heal, a government-funded analysis found.

TORONTO - Nicole Wilson began the new year resolving to live a healthier life. The slim 29-year-old with a self-confessed penchant for junk food wasn't looking to lose weight, but she really wanted to improve her eating habits.

WASHINGTON - Michael Lee knew he was still in bad shape when he left the hospital five days after emergency heart surgery. But he was so eager to escape the constant prodding and the roommate's loud TV that he tuned out the nurses' care instructions.