Canadians with cystic fibrosis survive about 10 years longer than Americans with the same genetic disease, according to startling new research that raises questions about how to improve...

The Alliance for Mental Health today welcomed the assurances of the Ministry for Health that it has ruled out any privatisation of the Mental Health Services in Mount Carmel Hospital and in any other...

Britain's Newcastle University says its scientists have received a license to create babies using DNA from three people to prevent women from passing on potentially fatal genetic diseases to their...

Men with early-stage prostate cancer face a dizzying quandary over which treatment to choose but two new studies on side effects may make those decisions a bit easier. The research bolsters...

U.S. regulators have approved the first drug for an aggressive kind of multiple sclerosis that steadily reduces coordination and the ability to walk. The Food and Drug Administration approved...

The Attorney General has told the Ministry of Health that no amendments to the Ombudsman Act are needed as existing legislation already provides protection to patients and employers who would use the...

Depression is estimated to effect 4% of the world population and is linked to close to 800,000 suicides per year globally according to the World Health Estimates of the World Health Organisation...

Colorectal cancer mostly strikes middle-aged and older people, but new research shows a disturbing rise in cases among young adults. Tuesday's study by the American Cancer Society is a reminder...

Stress is often related to external factors such as the physical environment, including our job, our relationships with others, our home, and whatever we are confronted with in life - challenges,...

The Ombudsman has highlighted lobbying and the privatisation of essential services, especially in the health and energy sectors, as areas of concern that could negatively affect good governance....