Patient Lifestyle

As of Dec. 29, Health Canada had received nine submissions seeking approval to make semaglutide, the active ingredient in Ozempic and Wegovy, the brand-name diabetes and weight-loss drugs manufactured by Novo Nordisk.

A patient's last-minute question helped clarify and otherwise curious case.

Canada’s medical assistance in dying laws do not allow for advance requests, which are written requests to die with medical assistance under specific conditions, made before the patient loses the capacity to provide consent.

A resident of Surrey, B.C., who was shocked when a hospital transfer service delivered a confused stranger to his home, instead of his father, says he doesn’t want other seniors to experience the same trauma.

A new poll suggests Ontarians are waiting too long for diagnostic tests and specialist appointments, causing unnecessary stress and putting patients’ health at risk.

Canadian researchers examine reports of cataracts associated with antipsychotic prescriptions using the US adverse event reporting system.

As women tend to speak, share, and reconnect, many men grieve in silence, a difference that can deepen suffering and even shorten lives.

When treatment ends, the healing is often just beginning.