Thousands of Canadians are pressing the federal government to ban what is called "conversion therapy," a controversial practice where LGBT youth are counselled or treated to become straight.

As a northern Ontario city battles an opioid overdose death rate that's twice as high as the provincial average, there is rising concern about a treatment model dominated by for-profit methadone clinics.

Brock Holt became the first player to hit for the cycle in a post-season game and the Boston Red Sox routed the New York Yankees 16-1 on Monday night to grab a 2-1 lead in their best-of-five AL Division Series.

Manny Machado hit a three-run homer, David Freese came through again in the post-season and the Los Angeles Dodgers advanced to the NL Championship Series for the third year in a row, eliminating the Atlanta Braves with a 6-2 victory on Monday.

The Houston Astros advanced to the AL Championship Series for the second straight year, completing a division-round sweep of Cleveland on Monday with an 11-3 win in Game 3 helped by two key throwing errors from Indians reliever Trevor Bauer.

Max Muncy is starting at first base and Joc Pederson is in left field for the Los Angeles Dodgers against Atlanta Braves right-hander Mike Foltynewicz in Monday's Game 4 of the National League Division Series.

The Dallas Mavericks have reportedly fired a team photographer amid allegations of sexual harassment from several women.

The Phoenix Suns have fired GM Ryan McDonough barely a week before the NBA season begins. James Jones and Trevor Bukstein will share the GM duties on an interim basis.

With his club down 2-0 to Houston in the ALDS and batting .100, Cleveland manager Terry Francona juggled his lineup Monday afternoon by starting right-handed hitters Yandy Diaz at designated hitter and Brandon Guyer in right field against Houston lefty Dallas Keuchel.

The Congolese health ministry on has reported a further five confirmed cases of Ebola in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, blaming the higher-than-normal daily increase on community resistance to disease response efforts.

Businesses across Canada are cooking up weed-laced goodies to prepare for their legalization next year. Companies are betting on a big market and hope to avoid some of the pitfalls seen in U.S. jurisdictions when edibles were legalized.

The Atlanta Braves held on for a 6-5 win in Game 3 of their NLDS series against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday night in Georgia.

Canada's largest mental health centre has apologized to its former psychologist and is paying him more than half a million dollars after publishing a report that erroneously described his interactions with patients.

While it's certainly true that there are gaps in the current system — especially with respect to expensive, catastrophic drug coverage — and that lower-income Canadians are more likely to suffer as a result, it doesn't mean wiping out the entire market of private sector drug coverage is the best solution.

The president of the Ontario Medical Association has issued an apology on Twitter after receiving backlash for stating that marijuana could act as a "gateway" drug and that it can cause anxiety and withdrawal symptoms.

The #MeToo movement has brought down powerful men for allegations of sexual misconduct, but a commentary in a medical journal has found an unflattering side effect. It says #MeToo is preventing women in the medical profession from receiving mentorship opportunities from their male peers.

Reliever Arodys Vizcaino escaped his own jam in a nervy ninth inning and the Atlanta Braves held off the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-5 Sunday night, cutting their deficit in the NL Division Series to 2-1.

Wade Miley pitched masterfully into the fifth inning before turning it over to a lights-out Milwaukee bullpen, 38-year-old catcher Erik Kratz kept up his torrid hitting and the Brewers beat the Colorado Rockies 6-0 in Game 3 on a cool, misty Sunday to sweep their NL Division Series.

The Canadian Medical Association says it has resigned from the World Medical Association, accusing the international group's incoming president of plagiarizing his inaugural speech.

The generation of Canadians who rocked out to the 1960s song Marijuana by Country Joe and the Fish are seniors now, and some of them are curious about the potential health benefits of the drug ahead of its legalization on Oct. 17. A group of experts is trying to develop guidelines for doctors to help them answer the questions seniors may have.

Gary Sanchez homered twice, Aaron Judge also hit a tape-measure shot and Masahiro Tanaka pitched the New York Yankees past the Boston Red Sox 6-2 on Saturday night to tie their AL Division Series at one game apiece.

Alex Bregman homered for the second straight day, Marwin Gonzalez hit a go-ahead, two-run double and the Houston Astros beat the Cleveland Indians 3-1 Saturday to take a 2-0 AL Division Series lead.

Kirsten Moore-Towers of St. Catharines, Ont., and Michael Marinaro of Sarnia, Ont., won Saturday's free skate to earn the silver medal in pairs on Saturday at the Finlandia Open figure skating competition.

The health risks of obesity are well-documented, but people are opening up about the negative impact it of medical professionals seeing them only through the lens of their weight or body mass index.

To take or not to take? That may be the question on the minds of many vitamin D users this week after a large study found the supplement does not prevent fractures, falls or bone mineral density in the general population.

Clayton Kershaw tossed eight innings of two-hit ball in the Dodgers' second straight playoff shutout, and Manny Machado slugged a two-run homer as Los Angeles beat the Atlanta Braves 3-0 on Friday night for a 2-0 lead in their NL Division Series.

Chris Sale struck out eight for his first career post-season win, J.D. Martinez hit a three-run homer and the Boston Red Sox sweated out their shaky bullpen to beat the New York Yankees 5-4 on Friday night in Game 1 of the AL Division Series.

Norm Powell scored 21 points to lead Toronto to a 120-82 pre-season victory Friday over Australian team Melbourne United, on a night that was part game, part tryout.

Jhoulys Chacin and the Milwaukee bullpen kept in control, Mike Moustakas contributed two more big hits and the Brewers beat the Colorado Rockies 4-0 on Friday for a commanding 2-0 lead in their NL Division Series.

George Springer and the Houston Astros picked up right where they left off last post-season, hitting four home runs to power past the Cleveland Indians 7-2 Friday in Game 1 of the AL Division Series.

​The Toronto Blue Jays acquired right-hander Julian Merryweather from Cleveland on Friday to complete the Aug. 31 trade that sent veteran third baseman Josh Donaldson to Cleveland.

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a food recall warning for certain Sobeys brand packaged vegetable products because of possible Listeria monocytogenes contamination.

Dr. Denis Mukwege, a gynecologist treating victims of sexual violence in Congo, and Nadia Murad, a Yazidi human rights activist and survivor of sexual slavery by the ISIS, have won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize.

As vaping products, and the promotion of them, become more prevalent, health professionals are warning e-cigarettes are not as safe as many people believe them to be.

Since the first trampoline park in Canada opened in 2011, others have been popping up across the country — and with them comes the risk of serious injury. Marketplace visited 12 trampoline parks across the country to see what was being done to mitigate risks to minors in this unregulated industry.

Joc Pederson hit a lead off home run Thursday, Hyun-Jin Ryu pitched seven shutout innings as a surprise Game 1 starter, and the Los Angeles Dodgers opened the National League Division Series with a 6-0 victory over the visiting Atlanta Braves.

Watch live coverage from the 2018 2018 Stockholm Ladies Cup of Curling in Sweden, beginning on Friday at 7:30 a.m. ET.

Mike Moustaksas scored MVP front-runner Christian Yelich with a two-out single in the 10th inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers bounced back to beat the Colorado Rockies 3-2 to open their NL Division Series on Thursday.

It's a familiar scene, whether on TV or in the lab: A body is cut open, prodded and poked to reveal how someone died. Now a recent study suggests a high-tech, less-invasive version of an autopsy — using MRI and CT scans — performs just as well as a conventional post-mortem exam.

Fighting cancer can be a thankless job, but several scientists who have made significant contributions to the advancement of cancer treatments are getting the recognition they deserve this week after being awarded the Nobel Prize.

The Red Sox left-hander will start Game 1 of the AL Division Series against the New York Yankees on Friday night, one year after he was bombarded by the championship-bound Houston Astros in his playoff debut.

Doctors in South Africa say they transplanted part of a liver from a mother with HIV to her critically ill but HIV-negative child, concluding that the chance to save a life outweighed the risk of virus transmission.

Officials are asking foragers to be on the lookout for the deadly fungus and to avoid picking urban mushrooms altogether.

Jill Young's daughter, Cara Kernohan, died suddenly of a severe form of pre-eclampsia called HELLP syndrome. She was 35 weeks pregnant.

A 61-year-old patient died while locked in a washroom at Winnipeg's Health Sciences Centre and now his sister wants answers from the hospital.

Health Canada has approved a new ALS drug that is showing the potential to slow progress of the fatal disease.

New York beats Oakland 7-2, will face Boston in American League Division series.

Aaron Judge got the party started with a two-run homer in the first inning, Luis Severino atoned for flopping in his post-season debut last year and the New York Yankees beat the Oakland Athletics 7-2 Wednesday night in the AL wild-card game.

Chicago Cubs infielder Addison Russell accepted a 40-game suspension Wednesday for violating Major League Baseball's domestic violence policy after a series of allegations made by his ex-wife.

Each year there is a question among Jays fans when their team fails to qualify: Who to cheer for? A lot of Jays fans will remember 2015, the end of the team's post-season drought, and cheer for Alex Anthopoulos, the guy who helped make it happen, and his Atlanta Braves.