Just months after the FDA issued a warning about the use of medications that contain codeine and...
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Family Fights to Save Sons with Fatal Genetic Disease
Gary and Jennie Landsman had never heard of Canavan disease until their son Benny and his infant...
Canada Celebrates Its First Successful In-Utero Surgery
In a Canadian first, doctors at two Toronto hospitals are celebrating their first successful in...
Knowing the Signs of Sepsis Just Might Save Your Child’s Life
Sepsis (otherwise known as blood poisoning) is a condition in which the body overreacts to an...
Parents of Toddler Meet with Hospital After Being Denied a Kidney Transplant
Born without functioning kidneys and weighing in at just 25 pounds, two-year-old AJ Burgess is...
Study Examines the Effectiveness of Popular Fruit and Vegetable Wash Methods
Pesticides, fungicides, and herbicides have received a lot of media attention lately – and for good...
Study Finds Lead, Arsenic, and Other Dangerous Contaminants in Most Commercially Made Baby Foods and Formulas
Lead, arsenic, and BPA aren’t the sort of ingredients that parents want or expect to find listed on...
Estrogen Loss in Menopause Could Make Women More Vulnerable to Alzheimer’s Disease
Although anyone can develop Alzheimer’s, women are disproportionately likely to be diagnosed with...
Deadly Kiss: Baby Dies from Virus
On Tuesday a newborn baby girl lost her fight after catching a common virus shortly after being...
Marathon Surgery for Baby with Brain Growing Outside of Her Skull
A five-month-old girl named Ebrar, the child of a Syrian refugee who settled in Winnipeg, underwent...
Study: Inflammatory Bowel Disease Rises for Canadian Kids Under 5
A new study finds that Canada has one of the world's highest rates of pediatric inflammatory bowel...