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Kirsten Watson almost lost access to potentially life-saving medication — a situation she found herself in because Ontario does not cover the cost of take-home cancer drugs.

The Canadian Cancer Society is calling on Health Canada to approve self-testing for cervical cancer amid a rise in cases among women in the country.

Broc Higginson had a seizure, was airlifted to Foothills Medical Centre in Calgary, and diagnosed with terminal brain cancer and is currently stable.

This year's edition of the Pink in the Rink event raised $49,103.26, helping the Peterborough Petes to top $1 million fundraising mark since its inception 15 years ago.

Individual king-size cigarettes will be the first to see individual warning labels, with regular-sized cigarettes to get the labelling come 2025.

A New Brunswick cancer survivor is heading to Parliament Hill to advocate for policy changes to make cancer care more affordable for Canadians. 

After a cancer diagnosis, many young adults and children might struggle more with maintaining friendships, coping with losses, and facing the potential loss of fertility.

Jeff Leblanc urgently needs hyperbaric oxygen therapy to treat a potentially fatal side effect of radiation from his cancer treatments in 2013.

It was the seventh annual Cure Cancer Classic, but this year it raised enough funds to mark a milestone in its campaign to support cancer research initiatives.

Since 2002, Angel Flight of British Columbia has been transporting patients from Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast to appointments in Vancouver and Victoria.

As of 2022, 16 per cent of 18- to 24-year-old Manitobans were more likely to report drinking alcohol less often since the pandemic.

Christie Brinkley is imploring everyone to get serious about sun protection and book a cancer screening appointment.

The 43-year-old took to Instagram to share her breast cancer story, saying she was diagnosed last year and underwent four operations in the last 10 months.

There are growing calls to start screening earlier for colorectal cancer in Canada and some provinces are considering it amid an 'alarming' increase in cases among young adults.

Women and men who have breast cancer have very different experiences due to the differences in their bodies, body chemistry and social-emotional effects of the disease.

The poll, which surveyed 2,048 adults in Canada, show 22 per cent reported splitting pills, skipping doses or deciding not to fill or renew a prescription due to cost.

In a 'surprising' discovery, a drug used to treat cocaine addiction could be a safe and effective form of treatment of advanced colorectal cancer, a new Canadian study suggests.

'There was a whole slew of anti-nausea medications that I would have to take ... a lot of these medications were not covered under OHIP.'

Negotiators from 176 countries will gather in downtown Ottawa this week for another round of negotiations regarding a global treaty to eliminate plastic waste.

Multiple fireworks shows were cancelled in Quebec last summer due to smoke from wildfires, but now the fireworks business says the impacts are not so bad.