Every child born in Canada should be screened for hearing loss right after birth, so that potential problems can be addressed early, Canada's pediatricians say.

A made-in-Canada urine test appears to be able to spot the signs of early colorectal cancer, and might eventually do away with less appealing screening methods.

Chocolate milk has long been seen as the spoonful of sugar that makes the medicine go down, but the nation's childhood obesity epidemic has a growing number of people wondering whether that's wise.

Canadians are being offered a new health insurance plan that will provide diagnosis and treatment at the Mayo Clinic in the United States.