STOCKHOLM—When the young Australian cervical cancer patient learned she had to lose her womb in order to survive, she proposed something audacious to the doctor who...
VANCOUVER—A proper funeral is far more than an end-of-life celebration for practising Catholics, who believe last rites cleanse the soul of sin in preparation for eternal...
VANCOUVER—A two day marijuana exhibition in Vancouver is giving people an idea of just how large and varied Canada’s cannabis industry has become—and where it could...
VANCOUVER—A private clinic’s legal crusade to expand the role of the free market in Canada’s public health-care system puts profit over patients and would lead to...
HALIFAX—A new online portal that will deliver medical test results to Nova Scotians via smartphones is the kind of innovation that’s long overdue in Canadian health...
VANCOUVER—Parents and doctors questioning teens about whether they smoke should also be asking if they’re using e-cigarettes, which could be a gateway to nicotine addiction later...
WASHINGTON—Brenda Hudson recalls weeks spent in a glass-enclosed isolation room after her first kidney transplant, her family allowed to visit only when suited up against germs....
MANILA, Philippiness—The U.N. Population Fund says the Philippines is the only country in the Asia Pacific region where the rate of teen pregnancies rose over the...
TORONTO—More than 10 years ago, Jenn Fraser looked into her future and saw an image of herself in a wheelchair, the likely result of rapidly progressing...
OTTAWA—The Trudeau government is insisting that medical assistance in dying should only be available to Canadians near death, showing no inclination to accept a Senate amendment...