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Leah Gabriel was a physically active X-ray technician working in Victoria. She ran marathons, cycled to work and pushed herself hard enough to buy her first house at age 28.

GENEVA — The World Health Organization has for the first time recommended limits on children’s daily consumption of sodium, which it hoped would help in the global fight against diet-related diseases becoming chronic among all populations.

Dear Dr. Roach: I’ve seen a lot of information about high blood pressure and what numbers are good and bad, but I haven’t seen any on low blood pressure. Could you please discuss low blood pressure? M.S.

TORONTO - The skin condition afflicting Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is one that can generally be brought under control with a regimen of drugs. But getting there may take awhile, doctors say.

TORONTO - A renowned Ottawa doctor who admitted to professional misconduct after three women were artificially inseminated with the wrong sperm has been suspended for errors that a disciplinary panel said left the women's children grappling with a li

TORONTO - A new report says First Nations and Inuit people typically have heart attacks earlier in life than non-aboriginals.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Add those cute little hedgehogs to the list of pets that can make you sick. In the last year, 20 people were infected by a rare but dangerous form of salmonella bacteria, and one person died in January.

Fact or fiction? Sex burns a lot of calories. Snacking or skipping breakfast is bad. School gym classes make a big difference in kids' weight.

EDMONTON - The president of the Alberta Medical Association is responding to what he calls five days of doctor-bashing by Premier Alison Redford. Dr.

Dear Dr. Roach: I have pain in my tailbone area and have had a colonoscopy and two pelvic CT scans, but nothing was found. Is there a specialist I can see, and do you have any suggestions? J.B.