It has been revealed through a recent report that the government in Ontario is aiming at bringing a major overhaul in the health-care of the province. The health minister of Ontario announced on Monday that change is needed on an urgent basis in order to ensure universal public health care.

The test reports of 45-years-old man has triggered a series of controversies as doctors have claimed that the scan of his testicles have reflected an image of a man in deep pain. A number of people have marked it as a sign from a God Min who is considered as a deity of male virility. On the other hand, some others have tagged it just a coincident that has no concern with such myths.

The Ontario Health Coalition is of the view that doctors should be banned from charging block fees from patients. Under normal circumstances, doctors charge block fee or flat fees for a set of services they shall provide, which is uninsured, according to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.

Michel Bilodeau, the Chief Executive Officer at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario will soon retire from his post as his contract with the health care provider expires after a span of five years in coming November.

Sooner you will see machines across the province, which will dispense prescription drugs around the clock. Yes, Health Minister Deb Matthews said on Friday in a conference that “Ontario is allowing mass installation of the ATM- like drug dispensing machines. This has been tested every which way.

A new study conducted by researchers of Ontario based McMaster University and the McMaster Children's Hospital has revealed that children who are suffering from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are lesser fit as compared their peers.

A recent case of breast cancer patient from Ontario captured the attention of media. As per reports, Anzarut, a 35-year-old mother of two, was diagnosed with serious breast cancer.

Jill and her father were reportedly shocked when she could not qualify in Ontario's health insurance program, which provides life saving drug, Herceptin.

According to a study conducted by the researcher of the University of Waterloo, in Ontario, contemporary urban parents tend to exaggerate the rewards of parenthood by idealizing the parenthood to justify the cost of upbringing a child.

The number of emergency visits to the children’s hospital of East Ontario has reached an all time high sin the first day of this year. This has caused a longer waiting line for children in need of treatment.

According to the chief coroner of Ontario, the use of there can be a significant risk to the patients by the use of therapeutic air mattresses. These mattresses are used in hospitals for the prevention of bed sores to the chronically ill patients.