CBC Health Headlines

An urgent shortage of blood and stem cells in the black community is costing lives, Canada's blood agency warns.

A federal system was established in 2005 to help track potentially deadly food-borne illnesses. Yet fewer than half of its tracking sites are in place, with no timeline for completion.

A 9-year-old Maine girl is home from a Boston hospital healthy, active and with high hopes and a new stomach, liver, spleen, small intestine, pancreas, and part of an esophagus.

The Supreme Court of Canada issued a landmark ruling Friday on what constitutes a corporate trade secret under the Access to Information Act.

The mother of a 21-year-old Nova Scotia man who took his life is calling for a provincial inquiry into how suicidal patients are treated by mental-health professionals.

Children and teens under the age of 18 should be banned from using commercial indoor tanning beds, the Canadian Paediatric Society says.

Malaria may be killing around twice as many people as experts previously thought.

British drug maker AstraZeneca is the latest multinational to uproot from Montreal's once-thriving pharmaceutical sector.

An asbestos expert says a major study done by a group of scientists at McGill University is flawed, but is still being used to promote the export of asbestos overseas.

Sugar is so toxic that it should be taxed and slapped with regulations like alcohol, some U.S. researchers argue.

Resveratrol, a chemical found in red wine and dark chocolate, may work differently in the body than first thought, a new study suggests.

After Ottawa Public Health and bylaw officials called for a ban on smoking on beaches, parks, outdoor patios and more earlier this week, some say shisha lounges should be added.

A former lead drug investigator with the Calgary police says ecstasy has always been a dangerous drug and he's not surprised it has become even less safe.

A new map pinpoints areas of the Eastern United States where humans have the highest risk of contracting Lyme disease.

Federal government announces a new healthcare strategy that uses your DNA to tailor treatment to your needs.

Colorado takes aim at junk food in school cafeterias as it considers ban.

A Moncton teen's four-year battle with cancer is being included in the first original French-language version of the Chicken Soup for the Soul book series.

Saskatoon's light source synchrotron is being enlisted in the battle against prostate cancer.

Massage helps relieve pain in damaged muscles by sending anti-inflammation messages to muscle cells, Canadian researchers have found.

Pfizer Inc. is recalling one million packets of birth control pills that could raise the risk of accidental pregnancy.