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Dear Dr. Roach: My son had a febrile seizure when he was a toddler. Immediately after the seizure, he became limp and unresponsive. This was the worst moment of my life, holding what I thought was my dying child in my arms.

MILWAUKEE - Nearly as many Americans die from guns as from car crashes each year. We know plenty about the second problem and far less about the first.

Dear Dr. Roach: What can you tell me about obsessive-compulsive disorder? My 60-year-old brother recently was diagnosed with such, but he won’t discuss it. K.K. Obsessive-compulsive disorder is one of the most underdiagnosed psychiatric conditions.

Younger women who ate at least three servings per week of strawberries or blueberries reduced their likelihood of suffering a heart attack by one-third compared with their sisters who incorporated fewer of the colourful berries into their diet, a new

NEW YORK, N.Y. - A large study offers reassuring news for pregnant women: It's safe to get a flu shot. The research found no evidence that the vaccine increases the risk of losing a fetus, and may prevent some deaths.

TORONTO - Fecal transplants cure most cases of persistent C. difficile infection, a landmark study has shown.

TORONTO - Smartphone apps that analyze photos of moles to assess whether they might be potentially deadly melanoma or benign lesions vary widely in accuracy, say researchers, who warn patients against using them for diagnosis.

Dear Dr. Roach: I have high blood pressure that’s under pretty good control with medicines. I recently read that the glass of wine I have per day may make blood pressure go out of control.

TORONTO - Canadians who got a flu shot this year may have cut in half their risk of getting sick enough from flu to require medical care, new data suggests. "It seems that this vaccine is cutting your risk of influenza in half, which ...

QUEBEC - The Quebec government says it believes it has found a way of not running afoul of Ottawa after a legal panel recommended that a terminally ill patient has the right to die.