Six million Canadians suffer from arthritis, but that number could climb to nine million by 2040, according to the Arthritis Society. (Mike Yoder/The Lawrence Journal-World/AP) This is an excerpt from Second Opinion, a weekly roundup of eclectic and under-the-radar health...

Drugmaker Sanofi is recalling its over-the-counter heartburn drug Zantac in Canada and the U.S. because of possible contamination with a cancer-causing chemical. (Wilfredo Lee/The Associated Press) Drugmaker Sanofi is recalling its over-the-counter heartburn drug Zantac in the U.S. and Canada...

A bottle of Johnson and Johnson Baby Powder is seen in a photo illustration taken in New York in 2016. The company has recalled one lot in response to U.S. government testing indicating sub-trace levels of asbestos in samples from...

A bottle of Johnson and Johnson Baby Powder is seen in a photo illustration taken in New York in 2016. The company has recalled one lot in response to U.S. government testing indicating sub-trace levels of asbestos in samples from...

A bottle of Johnson and Johnson Baby Powder is seen in a photo illustration taken in New York in 2016. The company has recalled one lot in response to U.S. government testing indicating sub-trace levels of asbestos in samples from...

In this April, 16, 2019 photo, an Ebola health worker is seen at a treatment centre in Beni, Eastern Congo. The World Health Organization said Friday the country's outbreak remains 'complex and dangerous.' (Kudra Maliro/Associated Press) The World Health Organization...

A health worker fills a syringe with Ebola vaccine before injecting it to a patient, in Goma, Congo, on Aug. 5, 2019. (Baz Ratner/Reuters) The European Medicines Agency has recommended that the world's first Ebola vaccine be approved, after it...

A Juul advertisement at a convenience store in Toronto. (Michael Wilson/CBC) Juul Labs will stop selling fruit and dessert flavors for its electronic cigarettes in the U.S. The voluntary step announced Thursday is the company's latest concession as it tries to...

Juul is dealing with political backlash over the impact its flavoured-nicotine products may be having on young people. (Michael Wilson/CBC) Juul Labs will stop online sales of fruit and dessert flavours for its electronic cigarettes in the U.S., nearly a...