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Health 1st-ever experiment shows how pigs might one day help people with liver failureIn a potential bridge to transplant approach, U.S. surgeons successfully externally attached a pig liver to a brain-dead human body and watched it successfully filter blood. Scientists transplanting from pigs whose organs have been genetically modified to beContinue Reading

ContentSkip to Main ContentAccessibility Help newsTop StoriesLocalClimateWorldCanadaPoliticsIndigenousOpinionThe NationalBusinessHealthEntertainmentScienceCBC News InvestigatesGo PublicAbout CBC NewsBeing Black in CanadaHealth A bulging lump on someone’s tongue and a big toe that has turned greenish-black from gangrene among 14 new graphic health warnings on cigarette packages starting to appear on store shelves. Goal to slashContinue 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. A newborn with a fever waited five hours to be seen by an emergency physician nearContinue Reading

Health People 65 years of age and older may receive another dose of updated vaccine to protect against severe illness from COVID-19, says Canada’s advisory body on immunizations. Too many people need serious medical care for flu, COVID when we can prevent it, WHO saysCBC News · Posted: Jan 12,Continue Reading

Sweat, heavy breathing, warm temperatures and lots of people — the gym is the perfect environment for bacteria to thrive in, which is why wiping equipment down is a normal part of gym etiquette.  But does a quick wipe really eliminate all those germs? CBC’s Marketplace swabbed equipment at severalContinue Reading

Health Ozempic not linked to increase in suicidal thoughts, U.S. study suggestsA large U.S. study found no evidence that taking Novo Nordisk’s Ozempic or Wegovy is tied to an increase in suicidal thoughts. Researchers analyzed electronic medical records from more than 1.8 million patientsThe Associated Press · Posted: Jan 09,Continue Reading