Consumer Attitudes & Behavior

Cold and flu season is here again, which naturally brings us questions about what is effective for prevention or treatment of this yearly affliction.

Kits and info sent to homes better than education about screening alone

Test your knowledge on the health effects of chocolate.

The survey reveals greater support for allocating funds towards reducing surgical wait times (36%), building more long-term care homes (32%) and expanding mental health services (30%).

Excess weight alters the immune response after infection, but not after vaccination, study shows.

Zonnic nicotine pouches only started being sold in mid-October, but they’re already controversial, with the Health Minister and health organizations coming out against them. Their maker says they're being unfairly defamed.

Almost three-quarters of drug-related questions that pharmacists reviewed were wrong or incomplete.

Merriam-Webster's 2023 Word of the Year is "authentic.” Here Dr. Howard Goldstein offers up suggestions for the medical word of the year.