Alison Northcott

After Serge Belloncik suffered a stroke in 2022, he developed aphasia, a communication disorder affecting his ability to speak. It was a life-changing adjustment for the 81-year-old scientist and former professor, long accustomed to giving conferences and... See more

Cardiologists and heart surgeons in Quebec are warning about a shortage of staff, particularly perfusionists, saying the lack of workers who help keep patients alive during heart surgeries is contributing to delays and even deaths. “Eighty people have die... See more

An experimental gene therapy seems to show potential to slow the debilitating progression of Huntington's disease, a European biotech company that developed the new treatment says. Huntington's disease is a nerve-destroying disease that runs in families a... See more

Canadian researchers say they've had to stop offering kids with cancer places in some clinical trials because of funding and policy changes in the United States. The U.S. government is halting funding for some pediatric clinical trials outside the U.S., a... See more