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49 articles

How Much Do Head Injuries in Youth Sports Really Add Up?

7 min readAug 28

Why Are So Many Ontario Kids Going to School Hungry?

7 min readAug 28

Teen Mental Health Improves in Ontario as Sports Betting Surges

5 min readAug 25

Skin Cancer Vaccine Clears Its Biggest Trial Test Yet

5 min readAug 25

Fever and Chills After a Tick Bite Are Rising in Canada

5 min readAug 25

Ultrasound Wait Times Push Ontario Parents Onto the Highway

5 min readAug 25

Your Teen Is Texting for Help at 2 a.m. About Their Youth Mental Health

4 min readAug 20

A Fever and Stiff Neck After a Mosquito Bite Could Be West Nile Virus

4 min readAug 20

Tuberculosis Symptoms to Know as Edmonton's Outbreak Grows

5 min readAug 20

Is My Child Lonely or Just Happier Playing Alone

6 min readAug 20

Is There a Vaccine for Ebola Being Tested in Canada

6 min readAug 20

Salmonella Symptoms to Watch After the Jalapeno Recall

6 min readAug 20

New HIV Infections in Canada Jumped 23 Per Cent

4 min readAug 10

Biological Aging May Accelerate During a Heat Wave

4 min readAug 10

Minimally Invasive Bypass Surgery Spares Your Breastbone

4 min readAug 10

What Tanmaxxing Is Actually Doing to Your Skin

6 min readAug 7

Health Canada Just Shut Down a Peptide Seller, and Your Feed Is Still Full of Them

8 min readJul 31

Ontario Is Building a Medical School Just for Family Doctors, and 2028 Is the Year It Starts to Count

7 min readJul 31

Why Psychiatric Bed Wait Times Are So Much Longer, and What You Can Do While You Wait

11 min readJul 30

Why E-Scooter Injuries in Kids Spike Every Summer, and How to Keep Yours Out of the ER

9 min readJul 30

The Emergency Room Staffing Crisis Explained and Where to Go Instead

7 min readJul 28

Canada's Blood Shortage Needs One Hour of Your Time

8 min readJul 28

The New Cigarette Warning Labels Are Meant to Get Under Your Skin.

4 min readJul 27

West Nile Virus Is Back in Ontario Mosquitoes, and Your Backyard Is Part of the Story

4 min readJul 27

What Do the Latest Lecanemab Coverage Developments Mean for Me if Alzheimer's Runs in My Family?

4 min readJul 22

Should I Worry About What My Nightly TV Watching Is Doing to My Brain Health?

4 min readJul 22

That Smoky Haze Outside Could Be Reaching Your Brain, Not Just Your Lungs

4 min readJul 21

Canada Just Tightened Its Ebola Border Rules. Here Is What Actually Changed and Who It Affects.

3 min readJul 21

If Your Specialist Wait Times Feel Endless, Millions of Canadians Are Right There With You

4 min readJul 20

What Heat Exposure During Pregnancy Could Mean for Your Baby's Developing Brain

4 min readJul 20

On Blood Pressure, Heart, or Mental Health Medication? Read This Before You Head Outside

4 min readJul 15

Saw the Headlines About Birth Control and Brain Tumours? Here Is the Actual Story

4 min readJul 15

A New Alzheimer's Drug Is Going After a Different Target. Here Is Why Scientists Are Paying Attention

4 min readJul 15

Your Summer Road Trip Could Come With an Unwanted Souvenir, a Fast-Spreading Cyclospora Outbreak

4 min readJul 15

Why Most Canadians Can't Make an Advance Request for MAID, Even If They Want To

4 min readJul 10

Got a Letter About the TAVNEOS Review? Here Is What It Actually Means for You.

3 min readJul 10

Four First Nations Just Declared a Public Health Emergency.

4 min readJul 10

The Heat Wave Sent Many to the ER. Here's What You Need to Know Before the Next One.

4 min readJul 8

What You Eat Could Affect Your Dementia Risk Even If You Already Have Early Warning Signs

4 min readJul 8

Ontario Now Offers Colorectal Cancer Screening at 45. Other Provinces Should Take Note.

4 min readJul 8

mRNA Vaccines Are Safe and Effective, a Major New Review Confirms. And Cancer Could Be Next.

3 min readJul 8

Canada Just Approved a Generic Wegovy. Here Is What That Actually Means.

3 min readJul 8

The Measles Outbreak in Canada Is Growing. Here's What You Need to Know Right Now.

4 min readJul 8

Tick Reports Are Up 38% in Canada This Year. Here Is What You Need to Know.

3 min readJun 24

You Can Book a Botox Appointment This Week. A Skin Cancer Check Could Take Months.

3 min readJun 24

New Study Shows HPV Vaccine Brought Cervical Cancer Deaths to Almost Zero in Young Women

3 min readJun 24

People on Ozempic and Other GLP-1 Drugs Are Moving Less, a New Study Finds

3 min readJun 24

Health Canada Just Approved a Weight-Loss Drug to Treat Sleep Apnea

3 min readJun 24