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TORONTO - This year's flu vaccine provided little protection to people 65 and older who got a shot, new data released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control reveal.

WASHINGTON - Don't be afraid to question your doctor and ask, "Do I really need that?" That's the advice from leading medical groups who came up dozens of tests and treatments that physicians too often prescribe when they shouldn't.

Dear Dr. Roach: I was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis three years ago, and I seem to have the worst, most aggressive type of the disease. I receive IV steroid treatment and prednisone that relieves my leg pain, but the relief lasts only a month.

SANTA ANA, California Obese diners are free to gorge at McDonald鈥檚. Gambling addicts can spend every last dollar in a casino. Cancer patients are allowed to buy cigarettes.

WASHINGTON - Printing out body parts? Cornell University researchers showed it's possible by creating a replacement ear using a 3-D printer and injections of living cells.

BRAMPTON, Ont. - Loblaw Companies Ltd. is advising the public not to eat certain salsa products because they may contain pieces of plastic.

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is girded for tough negotiations with its doctors, telling physicians it's time for them to do their part after other public servants suffered through wage freezes in recent years.

Dear Dr. Roach: I had vertigo a couple of months ago and underwent the Epley manoeuvre, which cured me. However, I am now experiencing tinnitus, especially in bed. What causes it and is there a cure? G.M.

TORONTO - A drop in core temperature due to exposure to severe cold can slow the metabolism so much that a person can appear to be dead, say doctors, who believe that was likely the case with a newborn girl who had been declared dead on the weekend b

CHICAGO - Drug overdose deaths rose for the 11th straight year, federal data show, and most of them were accidents involving addictive painkillers despite growing attention to risks from these medicines.