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The heads of several of Canada's leading health-care organizations have written a strongly worded letter to the federal immigration minister, urging him to rescind plans to cut health services to refugees and refugee claimants.

Taking vitamin D supplements for bone health is fine but using it to prevent and treat other diseases doesn't have clear evidence, a panel of medical experts says.

All baby boomers should get tested for hepatitis C, U.S. health officials recommend.

The Ontario government is setting up an expert panel to tackle childhood obesity.

The family of a woman who died of a heart attack shortly after she was sent home from a central Newfoundland emergency room has filed a civil lawsuit.

Most fruits, vegetables and other healthy foods cost less than foods high in fat, sugar and salt, U.S. agriculture department study says.

The Windsor Essex County Health Unit board unanimously passed a motion to petition the premier to implement a monthly $100 healthy food supplement.

Pregnant women who are overweight and obese can safely reduce their weight by eating a healthy diet to reduce the risks of complications for themselves and their baby.

There is not enough evidence to justify a provincewide ban on the cosmetic use of pesticides but the regulations restricting their use should be tightened, according to a special committee of B.C. MLAs.

Laboratory tests have turned up a potential new culprit in the outbreak of illness that affected at least 126 people who went to a Thunder Bay-area restaurant last weekend.

Why did coffee study make headlines?

Having naturally high levels of "good" cholesterol doesn't lower the risk of heart attacks as believed.

A Charlottetown woman with spina bifida says she was treated rudely by someone who thought she didn't deserve to park in a disabled spot.

Coffee drinkers can be reassured about the health risks of enjoying their cup of java, doctors say.

The antibiotic azithromycin, which is widely used for bronchitis and other common infections, seems to increase chances for rare sudden deadly heart problems.

A small study raises more concern about the long-term consequences of brain injuries suffered by thousands of soldiers — suggesting they may be at risk of developing the same degenerative brain disease as some retired football and hockey players.

The Nova Scotia government will place more clinicians in schools and assess children as young as 18 months old as part of a broad mental health strategy aimed at intervening early and reducing wait times for care.

Lack of cancer screening in the lower city and other areas around Hamilton are a likely cause for our region having some of the lowest cancer survival rates in the province, health officials say.

A medical ethicist in Ontario says health authorities in Newfoundland and Labrador didn't do enough after a woman died following her release from the Gander hospital.

Global mortality rate for women giving birth has fallen by half over the past two decades, a UN report finds.