TORONTO - Health Canada is warning doctors and consumers that the drug Sensipar should not be used by people under the age of 18.The advice follows wo...

While the safety and efficacy of vaccines for childhood infectious diseases is very well established, doubt continues to be sown among well-meaning parents. We need to demand that our government stop speaking out of one side of its mouth about the importance of the modern, science-based immunization schedule, while with the other side approving the sale of useless homeopathic hokum to be promoted as an ineffective alternative. If we do not, we risk a return of deadly childhood diseases like the 100-day cough of pertussis or the deadly, paralytic polio.

With any luck, we may be able to harness the combined effects of our gut germs and probiotics to create a harmonious and peaceful gut and keep at least one part of our bodies regularly healthy. Now that would be boldly going where no one has gone before.

OTTAWA - Health Canada is alerting Canadians that another osteoporosis drug appears to be linked to unusual fractures of thigh bones in a small number...

OTTAWA - With apple season and fall fairs in full swing, Health Canada is reminding people that unpasteurized cider and other fruit juices can sometim...

OTTAWA - Health Canada says the meningitis outbreak that has claimed at least 25 lives in the United States is not affecting Canada.But it says any Ca...

I was nursing my then eight-month-old who -- until that point -- was an ardent breastfeeder and had been gobbling up baby mush for two months with gusto. Then he started biting me. I turned to Google. I don't recall how many pages upon pages I looked at before stumbling across baby-led weaning. BLW in a nutshell: Baby starts eating once she can sit up unsupported and pick up her own food and put it into her mouth unassisted.

A series of investigative articles in the Toronto Star this week bring forward concerns about serious side effects to ADHD medications, in my opinion, the article sensationalizes the risks, and provide no balance by pointing out the hundreds of thousands of kids, teens and adults who have been helped by these medications.

Six-month-olds can be fed meat, fish, poultry and alternates at every meal, according to Canadian guidelines. "While meat and fish are tra...

An unauthorized natural health product is under recall because it contains mercury and lead levels that are much higher than allowed, Health Canada sa...

TORONTO - Health Canada has announced a recall of Babylicious-brand crib fringes, saying the products are a strangulation hazard.The fringes attach to...

Health Canada has issued an advisory warning parents about the dangers of children eating brightly coloured miniature laundry detergent packets, which...

OTTAWA - Health Canada is warning parents to keep laundry detergent packs away from small kids after receiving reports of children injesting the colou...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick is suspending its organ donation program for up to two weeks after a Health Canada Inspection found problems with document...

OTTAWA - Health Canada is advising parents and caregivers that cribs more than 10 years old should not be used because they are more likely to have br...

The number of cases of dementia is increasing dramatically, and governments around the world are unprepared for it, a health conference in Charlotteto...