CBC Health Headlines

Three-quarters of Canadian family doctors say they suffered at least one incident of major abuse at the hands of a patient, according to a new study.

Blood thinner Plavix may not be fully active in some patients, increasing their risk for clots, heart attack and stroke, FDA warns.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a pair of food recalls because of concerns about Listeria monocytogenes and salmonella.

Gov. Brian Schweitzer said Thursday that he is seeking U.S. government permission to import cheaper drugs from Canada for use in state insurance programs.

The head of the largest health authority in Newfoundland and Labrador insisted Friday that a resigning manager was told to quit or be fired.

Health claims used by private cord-blood banks to persuade parents to save their baby's umbilical cord blood can overstate the benefits, according to an investigation by CBC-TV's Marketplace.

The decision to reinstate Dr. Barbara Heartwell's operating privileges may lead to distrust in the medical system, according to Windsor, Ont., city Coun. Bill Marra.

A St. John's doctor jailed for trading drugs for sex has been granted day parole after spending more than two years in prison.

Canadians have launched class-action lawsuits against Bayer Inc., the maker of birth control drugs Yaz and Yasmin, alleging the pills have caused serious health problems.

People with occasional spikes in their blood pressure could be at higher risk of having a stroke than those with regularly high blood pressure, according to new studies released Friday.

A man with schizophrenia has been found guilty of second-degree murder following the beating of a 74-year-old man at the Marentette Rest Home in Windsor, Ont., where they lived.

Health authorities in the U.S. have for the first time used department store credit cards to help trace the source of a recent salmonella outbreak that left hundreds of Americans ill.

Isaiah May, the Alberta infant who had been in intensive care since he suffered severe brain damage during his birth in October, died in his parents' arms just after he was taken off life support shortly after noon Thursday at Edmonton's Stollery Children's Hospital.

A cardiac surgeon at the Montreal Heart Institute says his hospital has adopted measures to get its wait list under control within six months.

Dr. Barbara Heartwell, a Windsor, Ont., surgeon suspended after performing unnecessary mastectomies, will return to the operating room.

Quebec Health Minister Yves Bolduc says the province is going ahead with a plan to fully fund in vitro fertility treatments for women.

A scientist who sequenced his own genome has identified a gene involved in the family's inherited neurological disorder.

Canada has ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on the eve of the Paralympic Games in Vancouver.

The Canadian public health-care system enjoyed by Yukoners has been used frequently over the years by neighbouring Alaskans such as former governor Sarah Palin's family.

The St. John's physician who resigned amid a controversy over lab testing at Newfoundland and Labrador's largest health authority wanted to quit three months ago because of an excessive workload, CBC News has learned.