Life

Children who survive brain tumours are far more likely than their schoolmates to have learning difficulties that make getting an education a challenge for them, a new study suggests.

Cost-conscious Canadian consumers are on the Internet with their virtual scissors, clipping coupons to get discounts and save money in the tough economy.

A top children’s hospital wants to improve the survival rate of infants born with a birth defect that many families have never heard of until their child is diagnosed.

She looked in the mirror one day and didn’t like what was staring back at her.Christy Magnani, 38, was getting old. OK, older. To many, this college professor and mother of two from Folsom, Calif., remains in the bloom of youth. But to her, the mirror did not lie.

RCMP investigated two sudden deaths in less than 24 hours after a body was found in Rotary Park

John Smithers had spent more than six decades looking for clues about the father who abandoned the family when he was just a baby. The barrel-chested, brash-talking Smithers had something he wanted to give his old man: a fist in the nose.

An influential government-appointed medical panel is urging doctors to routinely screen all American teens for depression — a bold step that acknowledges that nearly 2 million teens are affected by this debilitating condition.

Serve your family a meal in which things are not as they appear. April Fools’ Day is traditionally a day to play practical jokes on others, send people on fool’s errands, and play tricks to on the gullible and unsuspecting.

The Jobin brothers were “scattered like rats” across the Prairies after Batoche fell.

Canadians are taking more prescription drugs than ever before, and increasingly those medicines are generic versions rather than brand-names, says a company that tracks worldwide pharmaceutical sales.