The author of The Wisdom of Whores: Bureaucrats, Brothels, and the Business of AIDS believes that political leaders must acknowledge publicly that sex is pleasurable in order to win the war on the disease.

It's widely known that breast is best, yet only 29 percent of B.C. moms breast-feed their babies exclusively for the first six months of their lives. And one key reason is the solid grip that infant-formula makers have on doctors and nurses.

Last week, two Burnaby Hospital nurses resigned over Nestlé Nutrition’s internally forwarded invitation to wine and dine obstetrical staff. Kudos to them for standing up to the formula corporation. Clearly companies that make formula shouldn’t smooze our obstetrical professionals.

Jim Wilson, the president of the Canadian Lyme Disease Foundation, believes that the disease is vastly underreported in B.C. and is battling the medical establishment over its diagnosis and treatment.

Vancouverites are always looking for ways to squeeze the most out of every precious hour of summer sunlight. That means taking any indoor activity and moving it outside. For those looking to escape the four walls of the gym, here are a few outdoor fitness options that don’t involve the words Grouse and grind.

A UBC assistant psychology professor says hospital admissions for people with bipolar-spectrum disorders, which afflict eight percent of Canadians, peak in late spring and early summer because of the intense light.

An American doctor is hoping that his recently concluded study may provide clues as to why certain individuals find themselves on the lighter side of the bathroom scales.

After the ignominy heaped on the young West End couple who allegedly put their baby up for sale on Craigslist, the challenges faced by all new parents have been brought back into sharp relief.

The Therapeutics Initiative at UBC deserves a medal for its work in saving 500 lives; instead, it has been attacked by B.C. Liberals and the drug industry.

Researchers at UBC have discovered how to cure Type 1 diabetes in laboratory mice by genetically engineering cells in the animal’s gut to produce insulin at meal times.

Don't depend on the federal government to tell you what's safe: it's struggling to live up to its responsibility to evaluate and regulate more than 23,000 common consumer chemicals.

With Hollywood celebrities in their 40s popping out multiple babies, Infertility Awareness Week highlights the challenges faced Canadians who want donor eggs.

Five years after the Ministry of Health set targets for wait times, families are being left to agonize over their kids' futures.

Health Canada has expressed concerns that if antibiotics are given too freely to animals, it raises the risk of antibiotic-resistant diseases developing in people.

Frequent visits mean familiarity at the pharmacy and later riding the balance between a bearable level of pain and enduring hallucinations from the hundreds of dollars' worth of medication bought there.