Today, the White House released a comprehensive plan that identifies critical actions to be taken by key Federal departments and agencies to combat the rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria.

Can naturopathic therapies help late-stage cancer patients live longer? That question is going to be examined by Canadian and U.S. researchers in the largest study of its kind.

True, it was a painful winter. We were stuck in a cocoon of cold (some of us still are) with limited daylight to lift our winter-weary spirits. So maybe we shouldn’t be surprised that vitamin D has emerged as a central point of controversy.

As a result of our overuse of antibiotics, we now live in fear of superbugs and strains of bacteria that can no longer be controlled by antibiotics. The ancient wisdom of plant medicine and Ayurveda can offer solutions to this modern dilemma.

As spring approaches, many of us turn to gardening. While choosing the area to  grow our food with as much sunlight as possible, the quality of the soil is surely as critical to consider. Rich soil will provide for healthy and tasty food, and will help also to ward off disease and pest problems.Furthermore, it will offer real medicine!

LONDON -- New guidelines from the World Health Organization are enough to kill anyone's sugar high. The U.N. health agency says the world is eating too much sugar and people should slash their intake to just six to 12 teaspoons per day -- an amount that could be exceeded with a single can of soda.

A genetically modified non-browning Arctic apple, developed in B.C., has been approved for sale in Canada, just weeks after it received similar Read more

Our emotional world has a remarkable power to determine not only our mental health, but also how our physical well-being.

Popular over-the-counter remedies, approved by Health Canada as "safe and effective," may be supported by little to no scientific evidence that the products work, an investigation by CBC’s Marketplace reveals.

What have you done for your gut microbiome lately? Dr. Richard Calland makes a compelling argument for appreciating these many essential microorganisms, which are key players in the dynamics of health and disease.

Joaquin Farias has spent the past two decades trying to understand dystonia, a confounding and sometimes debilitating syndrome believed to be the third-most-common neurological movement disorder, after essential tremor and Parkinson’s disease

It’s 12:30 p.m. and the 14 students in Dave Goffart’s French class at Albert Campbell C.I. have dropped their knapsacks at the back of the room and are standing by their seats ready for action.

Tai chi chuan, a gentle form of martial arts combining deep, diaphragmatic breathing and flowing, dancelike poses, can be a remarkably potent workout for people of many ages.

The New York State attorney general’s office accused four major retailers on Monday of selling fraudulent and potentially dangerous herbal supplements and demanded that they remove the products from their shelves.

Massive food waste by humanity is an undisputed fact documented daily in tons of discarded scrapings from dinner plates around the world. It is now being measured as a serious threat to the global environment and economy, with an estimated one-third of ...