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Canada has reduced premature mortality rates tremendously over the past 50 years, but the country is still in the middle of the pack compared with “peer” countries such as Australia, Germany and Japan, according to a new report. The Canadian…

Ontario colleges and universities are facing a mental health crisis as campus counsellors are overwhelmed by the growing need for services, according to a new study from the provincial association that represents heath service providers on campuses. “I don’t want…

Health Minister Jane Philpott says the Liberal government won’t increase the health-care funding formula imposed by former prime minister Stephen Harper’s government. “That conversation is largely a conversation between finance ministers and at this point I have no reason to…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s efforts to re-establish Canada’s role in the world continues Friday when this country hosts the Montreal pledging conference for the Global Fund to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. His government has already pledged $785-million for 2017-2019…

City becomes one of the world’s leading producers of biodata The University of Toronto today launched a massive project to sequence the whole genomes of 10,000 people per year – positioning Toronto as a leader in the global race to…

Advocates on both sides of a legal debate over the future of public health care in Canada are offering opposing diagnoses on how to rejuvenate what many consider an overburdened medical system. Jonathan Penner, a lawyer for the British Columbia…

Where you live plays a big role in staying independent as you age. Now researchers say an innovative program that combined home fix-ups and visits from occupational therapists and nurses improved low-income seniors’ ability to care for themselves in their…

Canadian officials need to pour resources into creating a national suicide prevention strategy, experts say in a new editorial published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Funding should be allocated as soon as the 2017 federal budget – that money…

A British Columbia doctor’s fight for private health care will be difficult and protracted, and it could pose a serious threat to Canada’s universal healthcare system, according to legal and medical experts. Dr. Brian Day is challenging the province’s ban…

According to a new longevity study by Ottawa researchers, the payback on all that extra effort is huge. Choosing to live a healthy life will result in a longer one by a whopping 17.9 years. The study used a unique…