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  Instant noodle products sold in B.C., Alta., Ont. recalled due to undeclared peanut

  A brand of instant noodles sold in B.C., Alberta and Ontario has been recalled due to undeclared peanut in the ingredients – posing a potential allergy risk to consumers.

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  Kris Jenner learns her ovaries will need to be removed because of tumour on 'The Kardashians'

  In the episode, streaming now, the matriarch of one of the world’s most famous families learns she will undergo surgery for a tumour on her ovary.

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  Popular weight loss and diabetes drugs linked to increased risk of rare form of blindness

  People who take Ozempic or Wegovy may have a higher risk of developing a rare form of blindness, a new study suggests. Still, doctors say it shouldn’t deter patients from using the medicines to treat diabetes or obesity.

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  Colorado dairy worker tests positive for bird flu, 4th person linked to outbreak

  A fourth farm worker has been infected with bird flu in the outbreak linked to dairy cows, health officials reported Wednesday.

• 'I would call this the silent eating disorder': What experts want you to know about ARFID

  When Hannah was seven years old, she told her parents she didn’t want to be afraid of food anymore.

• These ultraprocessed foods may shorten your life, study says

  Eating higher levels of ultraprocessed food may shorten lifespans by more than 10 per cent, according to a new, unpublished study of over 500,000 people whom researchers followed for nearly three decades.

• Ontario man suffers cardiac arrest in Florida. This is why insurance won't cover his $620,000 hospital bill

  An Ontario man who wanted to spend time with his family in Florida was hospitalized after suffering a cardiac arrest at the airport as he was about to fly back to Canada.

• U.S. FDA approves a second Alzheimer's drug that can modestly slow disease

  U.S. officials have approved another Alzheimer’s drug that can modestly slow the disease, providing a new option for patients in the early stages of the incurable, memory-destroying ailment.

• Scientists wary of bird flu pandemic 'unfolding in slow motion'

  Scientists tracking the spread of bird flu are increasingly concerned that gaps in surveillance may keep them several steps behind a new pandemic, according to Reuters interviews with more than a dozen leading disease experts.

• How to exercise when it's too hot outside

  How hot is too hot for exercising outdoors? Is it safe to exercise outside at some times of the day? Should younger or older people take more precautions in the heat?

• Five years after historic tobacco ruling, 'nothing has changed'

  Five years after a historic ruling against three major tobacco companies, no one has seen even a fraction of the money they're entitled to – and recent court filings suggest hundreds have died in the interim.

• A study identified 6 types of depression. Here's why that matters

  Scientists may be a step closer to that reality, thanks to new research that has identified six subtypes — or 'biotypes' — of major depression via brain imaging combined with machine learning.