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Talk to medical professionals, not just ChatGPT, urge Ontario doctors
ChatGPT and similar artificial intelligence tools can sometimes answer patient questions accurately, but Canadian medical researchers caution that the information needs to be carefully checked before acting on what you see.
What to know about legionnaires' disease during the London, Ont., outbreak
Legionnaires' disease is in the headlines this week after public health officials in southwestern Ontario declared an outbreak.
Second Opinion
Could your beach reads actually be therapeutic? Bibliotherapy suggests they might
The latest best-selling novels might be in your stack of beach reads, but could reading them benefit your mental health? That's the idea behind bibliotherapy, the concept of reading as a therapeutic method to improve our well-being.
How to help your body cope in hot weather
As people across Ontario, Quebec and major cities in the U.S. swelter under a June heat wave, medical experts are urging them to take precautions in the potentially deadly weather.
Second Opinion
Anorexia is normally treated with therapy. Now a Canadian team is trying the gut
Anorexia is a life-threatening eating disorder — normally treated with talk therapy, but that only works for about half of patients. Now, Canadian researchers are testing a new approach, tapping into the growing understanding of the gut-brain connection.
Why those suffering miscarriages could benefit from specialized clinics
About 15 per cent of pregnancies end before 14 weeks' gestation, Canadian OBGYNs say. Depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder are common after such a loss, but they don't have to be if doctors follow new care guidelines, says the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada.
Indigenous people fleeing wildfires face immense mental health burdens. Experts say they shouldn't have to
Indigenous people living on reserves and in remote communities in Canada are disproportionately affected by wildfires, researchers have found. Those who study wildfire evacuations and others who provide counselling to Indigenous people suggest there are ways to improve how it's all handled.
Men are not OK, report on premature deaths in Canada suggests
About 44 per cent of living in Canada will die prematurely from causes like suicide and the opioid crisis that are for the most part preventable, according to a new report
What we know about measles during pregnancy
The death of an Ontario baby who contracted measles while in the womb and was then born premature is raising questions about the virus and how it effects pregnancy.
More than half of Canadians skipping health care such as dental, survey suggests
As the Canadian Dental Care Plan expands to include all eligible age groups, 35 per cent of Canadians report they've skipped or reduced dental visits, a new survey suggests. Dental care was the most commonly delayed health service.