Health

Boston researchers working on blood test for autism

Getting a diagnosis for autism is not easy, with many children having to wait to see specially trained doctors and specialists who spend hours observing the child’s behaviour before rendering a verdict. But U.S. doctors are working on an experimental blood test they believe might help detect the disorder – even before symptoms begin.

Liberals still support policies promised in deal with NDP, health minister says

Health Minister Mark Holland says his government will still work on policies it promised to pursue under its now-defunct deal with the NDP.

A doctor wears a lab coat and stethoscope in an exam room at a health clinic in Calgary, Alta., July 14, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

Canadian Medical Association calls for more tracking of health-care funds

The Canadian Medical Association says there should be better tracking of health-care spending, following health-care agreements the federal government has signed with the provinces and territories.

Attorney Kelly Fitzpatrick, right, hugs plaintiff Soryorelis Henry, foreground right, after a news conference in New Haven, CT, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (Dave Collins / AP Photo)

Women settle lawsuits after Yale fertility nurse switched painkiller for saline

Dozens of women who say they suffered excruciating pain at a Yale University fertility clinic because a nurse stole fentanyl for her own use and replaced it with saline have settled their lawsuits against the Ivy League school.

Many smokers use nicotine pouches as a way to quit smoking.

Nicotine pouches scarce after federal ban restricts sales to pharmacy-only sales

It’s been just over a week since the federal government banned nicotine pouches from being sold anywhere other than a pharmacy.

Amanda Huska, 36, needed a liver transplant. (Image courtesy of Nathan Allen)

Woman who was denied a liver transplant, after review highlighted alcohol use, has died

Questions are being raised about the case of a 36-year-old Ontario woman who died of liver failure after she was rejected for a life-saving liver transplant after a medical review highlighted her prior alcohol use.