Thronged by news photographers and well-wishers, Kabang the hero dog arrived back home in the Philippines yesterday after 8 months in the U.S. enduring intensive surgeries and treatment for cancer and heartworm. Kabang became a national hero in 2011 after she lost her snout and upper jaw running in front of a motorcycle in what her owner said was a deliberate act to save two girls who were crossing the street.
Scientists have created an intelligent surgical knife that can detect in seconds whether tissue being cut is cancerous, promising more effective and accurate surgery in future.
Ever heard of patients recovering from seemingly "incurable" illness? Oncology researcher Kelly Turner studied 1000 medical reports and found 9 commonalities.
3D printing, in which a three-dimensional object of virtually any shape can be created from computer data, has enormous potential in the field of medicine, as one pioneering British surgeon has shown. Orthopedic surgeon Craig Gerrand used 3D printing to create a pelvis – the first of its kind – for a patient who had lost his to cancer.
For Sharon Hart, the third day after her chemotherapy treatment for her leukemia is always the hardest. But this time, her 14-year-old son told her to look out the window of her Chicago hospital room. His giant message in the newly fallen snow made some of the pain go away.
McMaster University is one of three Ontario sites for Exercise is Medicine on Campus, an initiative aimed at connecting medical and kinesiology students, with researchers and physicians who believes that prescribing exercise to boost health and prevent disease is the way of the future.
A 9-year-old boy whose tiny body was ravaged by swine flu during the 2009 outbreak is recovering from a much-needed but once-impossible kidney transplant.
After an accident, Pierre Paul Thomas, 68, who spent most of his life seeing only vague shadows, was treated at the Montreal General Hospital, where, during a consultation with a reconstructive plastic surgeon, he was given the opportunity of a lifetime.
Exercise can be as good as medication for people with conditions such as heart disease, a study has found. A study in the British Medical Journal looked at hundreds of trials involving nearly 340,000 patients and found moderate physical activity, for example, reducing the risk of stroke by up to 27%.
As she waited with her dad for her bags to arrive on the conveyor belt at Vancouver airport, she hopped up and down in excitement. A year ago, this bubbly little girl couldn't even walk a few steps without becoming exhausted. Now, Muskaan Grewal, 6, is the youngest person in the world to receive a heart pump.
A vaccine developed by scientists at the Public Health Agency of Canada is now available in enough doses to launch the first ever human safety trial of an ebola vaccine.
Ann Romney helped launch a major research center this week aimed at finding cures and treatments for Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis and other devastating neurological diseases.
Scientists around the world are moving swiftly to bring a multitude of promising drugs to human clinical trials. In fact, there are so many drugs in testing right now, it is hard to keep track. Here are some of the progress from Canada, the US and China.
Cystic fibrosis patients treated with gene therapy in the UK saw 3% improvements in lung functions during a year-long study.
A chihuahua puppy has become Japan's latest heart-throb after he was born with a heart-shaped mark on his coat. The dog, named Heart-kun, was born in May to a breeder and pet shop owner, who believes the puppy has brought her luck. She's even won the lottery.
What if you accidentally dumped something in the trash bin that was worth $10,000? Would you swim in a pile of waste to find it? After he mistakenly tossed out his wife's engagement ring, one husband didn't think twice.
A store clerk's mistake led to a $25 million lottery win for an unemployed Georgia woman. Kathy Scruggs, 44, asked for the sale of a Mega Millions ticket, but when she was handed a Powerball drawing along with the first ticket, she accepted them both.
A U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. who just returned from Iraq won a million dollars from a scratch-off lottery ticket, at a time when he and his bride were struggling to buy a home.
A little girl's Christmas wish is coming true after a letter to Santa soared 684 miles on two little pink balloons, landing on a rural California ranch. The rancher, who recognized the tattered letter written in Spanish as a note to Santa, traveled 50 miles to the nearest shopping mall to find gifts for the girl whose parents have fallen on tough times.
A teenager in Scotland won a whopping £53,000 on the National Lottery - all because his mum told him to tidy his room. He unearthed 12 old tickets in his drawer and was going to throw them away but at the last minute had a strange feeling that he should get them checked.