health

Health apps are hailed for revolutionizing medicine. Just one little problem: Some of them are wildly incorrect.

Over-the-counter cough and cold medication warns that it shouldn’t be used on anyone under age six. So why do so many parents give it to children?

Credited with cutting infant mortality rates, the program has been adopted by more than 30 countries—and in January, it comes to Canada

Allan Markin is one of Alberta’s richest men—and a crusader to get Canadians to take more vitamin D. Misguided eccentric, or visionary?

The cheeky rebranding of multiple sclerosis in Canada raises the fair question: why are rates so high here?

Cheeseburger-loving flexitarians are driving a vegan boom—to the ire of some

How a small country became a land of big people in stunningly short order

Most doctors don’t use Facebook or Twitter professionally. A university asks: Should they?

Paramedics are anonymously tweeting records of ambulance no-shows and wait times, highlighting a widespread problem

Groundbreaking research offers new hope for people with chronic pain, multiple sclerosis and more