Healthy lifestyle
A healthy lifestyle is one which helps to keep and improve people's health and well-being.Many governments and non-governmental organizations have made big efforts in healthy lifestyle and health promotion.
Mental Health
Mental health can be considered a very important factor of physical health for the effects it produces on bodily functions. This type of health concerns emotional and cognitive well-being or an absence of mental disorder.
Public health
Public health can be defined in a variety of ways. It can be presented as "the study of the physical, psychosocial and socio-cultural determinants of population health and actions to improve the health of the population.
Reproductive Health
For the UN, reproductive health is a right, like other human rights. This recent concept evokes the good transmission of the genetic heritage from one generation to the next.
Health
Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.
samedi 6 janvier 2018
'We dropped the ball': Some Indigenous people had access to HIV drug for years without knowing
Truvada has been free for registered First Nations and Inuit people in B.C. for at least three years.
vendredi 5 janvier 2018
Caring for a sick family member linked to sleep problems
Unpaid caregiving for a family member or loved one may lead to insomnia and other sleep issues, according to a large study from Sweden.
'Her whole world is going to open up,' N.S. woman says of brain injured daughter's breakthrough
A Nova Scotia woman communicated one-on-one with her brain-injured daughter for the first time in 21 years, thanks to eye-motion technology. The breakthrough means the woman's 'whole world is going to open up now.'
jeudi 4 janvier 2018
More midwives needed in N.L., says mom who gave birth in Shoppers Drug Mart parking lot
A new mother says her child's parking-lot birth could have been avoided if the province had been quicker making midwives available in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Free prescription drugs now available for anyone under 25 in Ontario
With the start of the new year, the provincial government will provide access to free drug coverage regardless of family income or private insurance.
California's newest drug dealers: like an Apple Store, but with weed
To rebrand legal recreational cannabis, you have to "get rid of stoner culture," says MedMen's head of marketing.
Feds to search social media using AI to find patterns of suicide-related behaviour
The federal government will launch a pilot project using artificial intelligence to monitor social media in search of trends that may indicate imminent spikes in suicide rates.
mercredi 3 janvier 2018
Naloxone nasal spray began as a remedy for binge eating, CEO says
Roger Crystal's company Opiant Pharmaceuticals was struggling to find new uses for an old drug that reverses overdoses. Then the North American opioid epidemic hit.
Dogs overdosing on marijuana, veterinarian warns
With legalized marijuana on the horizon, a Nova Scotia vet says he's seeing an increase in dogs overdosing on pot, even as interest grows in treating pets with cannabis oil.
National plan looks to slash antibiotic use in livestock in Canada
Starting Dec. 1, 2018, hundreds of over-the-counter antibiotics will require a prescription from a veterinarian.
Smokers fume at new cigarette ban on hospital property
After a two year build-up, smoking on hospital property in Ontario is now illegal.
mardi 2 janvier 2018
California officially enters era of legal marijuana with new rules starting today
More than two decades after California paved the way for legal weed by passing the nation's first medical marijuana law, the most populous U.S. state becomes the latest to legalize the drug for recreational use.
lundi 1 janvier 2018
Boy, 12, overcomes limited mobility and inspires friends to form sledge hockey team
Riley Oldford was once the only kid in Yellowknife, NWT, who played hockey sitting down. But after encouraging friends to give the growing sport a try, he has inspired the formation of Yellowknife's first sledge hockey team.
dimanche 31 décembre 2017
Is losing weight your New Year's resolution? You might want to rethink that
Plus: Weight-watching for your dog; the year's top scientific retractions; and lauding a life-saving Canadian invention.
Top health news of 2017
The health unit at CBC News picks its top health stories for 2017: the opioid crisis, legalization of marijuana, a ban on artificial trans fats, a year of assisted dying and CRISPR.
samedi 30 décembre 2017
Woman with decades-old brain injury communicates with mom for 1st time
In what her mother calls a "Christmas miracle," a Nova Scotia woman who suffered a catastrophic brain injury in a 1996 car accident communicated one-on-one with her mother for the first time in 21 years.
Health Canada wants Claire's kids' makeup tested for asbestos
Health Canada says it has requested testing data from Claire's Stores Inc. following reports that asbestos has been found in certain cosmetic products sold by the international retailer of youth-oriented jewelry and accessories.
10% of residents in Nunavut community infected with TB, crisis team to visit
With 10 per cent of residents in Qikiqtarjuaq, Nunavut, infected with active or latent tuberculosis, the Government of Nunavut is looking for new ways to combat the disease.
Delilah Saunders back in hospital after being discharged amid transplant controversy
An Inuk activist from Labrador is back in hospital with pancreatitis after doctors told her she would not need a liver transplant amid questions about her eligibility under an Ontario transplant program's alcohol-use policy.
Gov. Gen. Julie Payette, on skates, encourages Canadians to 'get active' in New Year's message
Julie Payette has issued a decidedly informal request to Canadians in her first New Year's message as governor general — "stay active."
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