The Canadian Cancer Society is appealing for the government to ban flavored cigarillos because a national survey has revealed that a high number of teens are experimenting with the products.

Rob Cunningham, spokesperson of the society, said that these products are attractive to the youth because they come in fruit, candy and ice cream flavors

A survey by a team of researchers from the Massachusetts General Hospital discovered only 4 percent of U.S. doctors have shifted to electronic medical records management.

The slowness of changing to more modern methods of record keeping was because of the high cost involved, which averages $60,000 per doctor

Four million Canadians do not have a regular physician, indicating the acute lack of doctors in the country.

The Canada Community Health Survey of Statistics Canada released Wednesday said 86 percent of those born in Canada or have been in the country for at least 5 years have a regular doctor who oversees their medical needs, while only 65 percent of recent immigrants have one

The levels of tetrahydracannibinol (THC) in marijuana have reached a 30-year high, almost double the reading taken in 1983, a new study has revealed, raising concerns that the drug could now be more effective at triggering the changes in the brain that can lead to addiction.

A study conducted at the University of Mississippi revealed that the active ingredient in marijuana has risen over the decades. THC - the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana-has reached the highest-ever amounts since scientific analysis of the drug began in the late 1970s, according to a press release published by the Office of National Drug Control Policy

Beginning July 1, all restaurants in New York must eliminate artificial trans fats from all menu items, the city Health Department said Monday.

The ban, which was earlier applied only to fry oils and spreads, will now include baked goods, frozen foods, cannolis and doughnuts, the health regulators have announced