The Los Angeles Dodgers have agreed terms with Japanese right-hander Kenta Maeda, multiple media outlets reported on Thursday, as the team continues to fill the void left by the departure of Zack Greinke.

Woman's Health Magazine announces it is banning "bikini body" and other terms from its cover pages.

Drunken-driving charges against an upstate New York woman have been dismissed based on an unusual defence: Her body is a brewery.

Bullying during adolescence may be tied to health problems that follow teens into adulthood, a Canadian study suggests.

New Year's celebrations can be tricky business when the time comes to pop the cork a bottle of champagne. Here's how to open one safely.

DeMar DeRozan had 34 points, six rebounds and five assists, and the Toronto Raptors beat the Washington Wizards 94-91 on Wednesday night.

Left-hander Scott Kazmir agreed to a three-year, $48 million US contract on Wednesday with the Los Angeles Dodgers

A new study out of the Canadian Paediatric Society found that 70 per cent of children have trouble sleeping and almost one-third of those parents give their kids medication to help them sleep.

Landon Webb tells CBC's As It Happens a judge has ruled he can speak freely and challenge Nova Scotia's Incompetent Person Act.

For a second year in a row, Canadian fitness experts are touting functional fitness and high-intensity interval training as top workout trends.

About 15 million people use mercury as they process ore as they mine for gold in developing countries. They're risking their health and the future of the environment.

A 10-year-old Caledon, Ont., boy with rare blood condition desperately needs a stem cell transplant to save his life. But his mixed Afghan-Vietnamese ancestry makes finding a match difficult.

Crowdfunding has become increasingly popular to pay uninsured medical bills, but a professor questions whether that's the best way to approach a gap in care.

Kalobios, the troubled drugmaker taken over by Martin Shkreli last month, is seeking bankruptcy protection less than two weeks after his arrest on securities fraud.

Ten things you likely won't need for better health in 2016

Heather Brenan's death was inevitable but her poor treatment at Winnipeg's Seven Oaks Hospital was unnecessary, says an inquest report released on Tuesday.

The Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario is asking dentists in the province to limit prescriptions for addictive opioids, such as oxycodone and codeine, in response to a high number of overdoses.

A woman in Nova Scotia, who was able to escape domestic abuse, was inspired to write open letter at Christmas, when stress goes up and domestic violence increases.

A P.E.I. illness is one of 39 cases of salmonella infections added in the last three weeks to a national outbreak, reported by the Public Health Agency of Canada.

The Toronto Blue Jays put baseball back on the map in the playoff-starved city this year and the rest of the country took notice. Canada's lone Major League Baseball team, which won the East Division title and came within two wins of the World Series, was voted the landslide winner of The Canadian Press team of the year award.

Researchers are bringing the outside world into the lab to solve problems from preventing falls on stairs to understanding how a bar triggers cravings for booze.

Guinea was declared free of Ebola on Tuesday after more than 2,500 people died from the virus in the West African nation, leaving Liberia as the only country still awaiting a countdown for the end of the epidemic.

Weight training helps age-related deterioration in parts of the brain, Canadian researchers have shown.

A recent spate of deaths likely caused by drug overdoses in Victoria have advocates renewing calls for a supervised injection site in the city.

The baby girl at the centre of a court battle over whether or not to leave her on life support has died.

Spurs star Manu Ginobili stayed away from this bat at AT&T Center. Team mascot The Coyote, wearing a batman costume, snared the critter that flew into the arena during pregame warmups Monday before San Antonio faced the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Tony Snell and Pau Gasol each had 22 points, Derrick Rose added 20 and the Chicago Bulls pulled away late for a 104-97 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Monday night.

The New York Yankees have bolstered an already dominant bullpen, acquiring hard-throwing All-Star closer Aroldis Chapman from the Cincinnati Reds for four minor leaguers.

For college football players, practicing without helmets and shoulder pads may help reduce the number of head impacts in later practices and games, a new study suggests.

Researchers at the University of Manitoba are looking for deaf and hard of hearing Manitobans to participate in a new study covering uncharted territory — discovering how people who use American Sign Language convey sarcasm.

A Chinese company is claiming it has the technology to clone humans but is holding off because it says the public isn't ready. That's likely true, experts say, and it's not likely to change because there isn't a powerful enough medical reason that could swing public opinion.

"Dementors" are leaving a trail of death and destruction on the sprawling Blood reserve in southwestern Alberta as a fentanyl epidemic sweeps through the community.

Meadowlark Lemon, the "clown prince" of basketball's barnstorming Harlem Globetrotters, whose blend of hook shots and humour brought joy to millions of fans around the world, has died. He was 83.

Olympic bronze medallist Carolina Kostner is planning her return to competition at a sanctioned invitational in Japan next month, just weeks after her suspension comes to an end.

​Asthma rates in U.S. children have quieted down after a decades-long increase, a government study found, and researchers are trying to pinpoint reasons that would explain the trend.

A Manitoba indigenous woman who advocated for victims of asbestos-linked cancers has died.

Despite a 2015 deadline for all patients to have an electronic health record, only two-thirds of Ontarians have a digital medical file as the year draws to a close, according to the latest figures from eHealth Ontario.

DeMar DeRozan scored 22 points and Terrence Ross added 21 to lead the Toronto Raptors past the Milwaukee Bucks 111-90 on Saturday.

NBA MVP Stephen Curry finished the year as the Associated Press Male Athlete of the year.

Canadian researchers say there's no evidence the risky procedure will have any benefit.

Draymond Green had 22 points and 15 rebounds and the Golden State Warriors got defensive in their NBA Finals rematch against Cleveland, beating the Cavaliers 89-83 on Friday.

Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant is the leader in the first returns of voting for the 2016 NBA all-star game.

A person familiar with the negotiations says second baseman Daniel Murphy and the Washington Nationals have agreed to a three-year contract. Murphy hit .281 this past season with a career-best 14 homers and 73 runs batted in.

Will Smith's new movie Concussion comes to theatres on Christmas Day and it's bound to make NFL fans, players, owners and league management very uncomfortable. Sports Illustrated writer Emily Kaplan explains why.

The Give Life campaign run by Canadian Blood Services has been highly successful in getting people to roll up their sleeves and donate during the holiday season.

LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers meet the Golden State Warriors for the first time since they lost to them in last years NBA finals.

Singing together acts as a quick icebreaker, researchers and choir members say.

James Bond’s villain in the latest film, Spectre, could use a lesson in neuroanatomy, a Toronto neurosurgeon says.

Vancouver Police are once again warning drug users of a rash of overdoses, four of which have resulted in death within the last 24 hours.

Kelly Olynyk of Toronto scored 20 points, Jae Crowder added 19 points and 12 rebounds and the Boston Celtics held off a fourth-quarter rally for a 102-89 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday night.