Health

Hearing disorder often misdiagnosed as ADHD in kids, experts warn

OTTAWA - A little-known hearing disorder affecting two to three per cent of 91原创 children is being misdiagnosed as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, health advocates say.

Dec 13, 2012 2:37 PM Read more >

We're living longer, but sicker: Study finds life expectancy rising but so is disability

LONDON - Nearly everywhere around the world, people are living longer and fewer children are dying.

Dec 13, 2012 1:26 PM Read more >

Breast cancer survivors have modest increased risk of developing diabetes

TORONTO - Women who survive breast cancer may be more likely than other women to go on to develop Type 2 diabetes, a new 91原创 study suggests.

Dec 12, 2012 7:35 PM Read more >

Study finds puzzling behaviour of new coronavirus, may hint at pattern of spread

TORONTO - A new study reveals that the new SARS-like virus which has been causing infections in the Middle East behaves unusually in laboratory testing.

Dec 12, 2012 8:53 AM Read more >

Women smokers, former and current, have higher risk of sudden cardiac death: study

TORONTO - Women who smoke half a pack of cigarettes a day 鈥� or even less 鈥� have a significantly higher risk of sudden cardiac death than those who never smoked, researchers say.

Dec 11, 2012 3:10 PM Read more >

Redford's sister denies role or knowledge in health care queue-jumping

EDMONTON - The sister of Alberta Premier Alison Redford says she has never pulled strings to help someone get faster or better health-care treatment.

Dec 11, 2012 1:09 PM Read more >

New tests could make it faster to spot food poisoning but harder to detect outbreaks

WASHINGTON - New tests that promise to speed up diagnosis of food poisoning pose an unexpected problem: They could make it more difficult to identify dangerous outbreaks like the one that sickened people who ate a variety of Trader Joe's peanut butte

Dec 11, 2012 11:59 AM Read more >

Aboriginal 91原创s face racism, stereotyping in urban health care: report

TORONTO - A new report suggests aboriginal 91原创s frequently face racism and stereotyping when using health care services in urban centres, a situation which can breed a degree of mistrust deep enough for some to avoid seeking professional help wh

Dec 11, 2012 1:00 AM Read more >

'The Insider,' Jeffrey Wigand, testifies in landmark Quebec tobacco case

MONTREAL - A famous former American tobacco executive, whose efforts were chronicled in the Hollywood movie "The Insider," appeared Monday to testify at a landmark 91原创 class-action trial. Dr.

Dec 10, 2012 3:44 PM Read more >

Rasouli case puts tough questions of end-of-life care in Supreme Courts hands

Who gets to decide when medical treatments are no longer worth pursuing and should be ended? The doctors? The patients? In the case of those who can't speak for themselves, their surrogate decision makers? Is discontinuing care when doctors deem all

Dec 10, 2012 3:13 PM Read more >