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This story is part of CBC Health’s Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers on Saturday mornings. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. If you consider yourself at a higher risk of serious illness from COVID-19 — because ofContinue Reading

Health Health Canada says it will end a long-standing policy that blocked all men who have sex with men from donating to sperm banks. Regulator says it is moving to an inclusive approach for sperm, ova donations Amina Zafar · CBC News · Posted: Apr 19, 2024 10:52 AM EDTContinue Reading

Health WHO experts now agree diseases like COVID spread through the airThe World Health Organization and around 500 experts have agreed for the first time what it means for a disease to spread through the air, in a bid to avoid the confusion early in the COVID-19 pandemic that someContinue Reading

Health A new lineage of the mpox virus linked to efficient human-to-human transmission has been identified in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) — and the researchers behind the finding are calling for swift action to ‘avert another global mpox outbreak.’ Study finds distinct form of virus features mutationsContinue Reading

Opioid-related deaths doubled in Canada between 2019 and the end of 2021, with Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta experiencing a dramatic jump, mostly among men in their 20s and 30s, says a new study that calls for targeted harm-reduction policies. Researchers from the University of Toronto analyzed accidental opioid-related deaths betweenContinue Reading

A long-anticipated — and contentious — national review of gender-affirming care for youth in England was released last week, resulting in headlines across the U.K. saying that gender medicine is “built on shaky foundations.” The Cass Review, chaired by pediatrician Hilary Cass, was commissioned by England’s National Health Service (NHS) inContinue Reading

Health·Second Opinion Why what’s good for your heart could also help delay dementiaMedical researchers are exploring why nutrition, physical activity and other changes that are good for our hearts also tend to boost the health of the brain. Blood flow changes to brain traced to early abnormalities in the bodyContinue Reading

Health The pain has been described as agonizing, searing and excruciating. Now, some Planned Parenthood locations in the U.S. offer routine sedation to patients during IUD insertions and removals. But what are the options for Canadians? But what are the options for Canadians seeking pain management? Natalie Stechyson · CBC NewsContinue Reading

This story is part of CBC Health’s Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers on Saturday mornings. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. When the use of cannabis became legal in Canada more than five years ago, there wasContinue Reading