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Receptionist with no medical training glues boy's eye shut during procedure
The mother of a three-year-old boy is livid after a receptionist with no medical training at a private clinic accidentally glued her son's eye shut while trying to seal a small cut on his eyelid. New treatment promises to melt away double chinsHealth | 206946 hits | 12:31 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Canadians who worry about the look of their chin will soon have a new beauty treatment available. Officials confirm 3 cases of legionnaires' at Halifax seniors centreHealth | 206706 hits | 1:12 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Public Health officials say three cases of legionnaires' disease have been confirmed at an apartment building in the Halifax area where four possible cases were suspected. Quebec Doctors Must Follow Assisted Death Rules, Regardless Of Opinion: Health MinisterHealth | 206675 hits | 4:54 PM on Thursday | posted by Freakinoldguy
Researchers Just Found The Easiest Way To Help You Lose Weight, And It's Something You Already Do Every Day
Everybody knows the importance of drinking enough water. Aside from its benefits to your skin, muscles, organs, and digestion, it detoxifies... the benefits are endless. So, ere's one more: it helps you lose weight, according to a new study.Virulent Polio Virus Discovered In British Man's Guts By Shocked Researchers: Are We Losing The Fight'
Researchers have discovered that a man vaccinated against polio when he was a child has been carrying the virus in his gut for more than 30 years. The virus has since mutated into a more dangerous strain, and the discovery could have serious implications
Researchers have discovered that a man vaccinated against polio when he was a child has been carrying the virus in his gut for more than 30 years. The virus has since mutated into a more dangerous strain, and the discovery could have serious implications Oliver Sacks, neurologist and author, dead at 82
Dr. Oliver Sacks, the neurologist who studied the intricacies of the brain and wrote eloquently about them in books such as Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, died on Sunday at the age of 82, the New York Times reported.
Dr. Oliver Sacks, the neurologist who studied the intricacies of the brain and wrote eloquently about them in books such as Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, died on Sunday at the age of 82, the New York Times reported. Cold weather may increase heart attack risk: Winnipeg study |Health | 207850 hits | 12:20 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
According to research from the University of Winnipeg, Canada's frigid winters may raise the risk of severe heart attacks by seven per cent for every 10 degrees the mercury drops. Alberta mother fights to keep child on marijuana treatment that quells seizures
An Edmonton-area mother is challenging an attempt by the Alberta government to legally bar her four-year-old daughter from receiving a marijuana treatment the mother says has successfully quelled her daughter’s debilitating epileptic seizures. Genes link low vitamin D with multiple sclerosis risk
Researchers have found a possible genetic link between low vitamin D levels and multiple sclerosis; something that has long been suspected, but difficult to prove.U.S. scientists successfully turn human cancer cells back to normal
Cancer cells have been programmed back to normal by scientists in a breakthrough which could lead to new treatments and even reverse tumour growth.
Health | 207617 hits | 1:22 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Cancer cells have been programmed back to normal by scientists in a breakthrough which could lead to new treatments and even reverse tumour growth. B.C. couple fight for right to give cannabis oil to their very ill babyHealth | 207661 hits | 12:23 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A Chilliwack couple who say their lives were saved by cannabis oil are fighting for the right to treat their severely ill baby with the substance. Justin Pierce and Michelle Arnold, both 21, suffer from epilepsy, and their daughter Mary Jane Pierce was bo Opioid deaths twice as likely among male patients: study
More than one in 10 people prescribed an opioid painkiller for the first time become chronic users, say Ontario researchers who also found the men are twice as likely as women to die from causes related to the drugs. Female libido drug makers hoping to get approval in CanadaHealth | 206784 hits | 1:03 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The makers of a controversial female libido pill that has just received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration say they are now hoping to bring the drug to Canada.Selfies could be linked to head lice
Parents sending kids back to school have another thing to worry about besides pens, paper and pencils.
Health | 206764 hits | 11:03 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Parents sending kids back to school have another thing to worry about besides pens, paper and pencils. Five people sickened in connection with raw B.C. shellfish
Five new cases of illness connected to raw-shellfish consumption have been reported in British Columbia. The Public Health Agency of Canada says 53 people have been sickened in B.C. and another 19 in neighbouring Alberta since June 1. Margarita burn and 3 other little-known summer hazards
Summer won't be nearly as relaxing as you would like if you run into one of these irritants. Cuts to MD/PhD funding greeted with 'horror' by medical scientists
Canada's medical research community is reacting with shock and disappointment to the cancellation of a 30-year program to train doctors who see patients and work as scientists searching for new treatments. Raw oysters lead to 31 cases of sickness: health authority
Vancouver Coastal Health has asked restaurants to take increased precautions when serving oysters as more illnesses are reported. N.W.T. man claims doctors, nurses missed knife blade lodged in his back
A man from the Northwest Territories has filed a lawsuit against health officials claiming they failed to find a knife blade buried in his back for three years.Can America cope with a resurgence of tropical disease' | Ars Technica
Having stamped out a number of tropical diseases—including malaria—decades ago, is America today complacent about a rising wave of infectious disease?
Having stamped out a number of tropical diseases—including malaria—decades ago, is America today complacent about a rising wave of infectious disease?Don't Fear The Wild Animals, Researchers Tell Salad-Makers : The Salt : NPR
According to new research, vegetable farmers who clear away trees and wild vegetation from their fields aren't making their produce any safer to eat. But they are destroying animal habitats.
According to new research, vegetable farmers who clear away trees and wild vegetation from their fields aren't making their produce any safer to eat. But they are destroying animal habitats. Rising diabetes, obesity rates may put ethnic groups' heart health at risk
Heart disease and stroke risks showed "striking differences" for South Asian men, black men and women and Chinese men over a 12-year period, a new Canadian study suggests. UBC scientists say a gene found in every human cell could be a cause of obesity
A gene present in every cell of the human body could be one of the root causes of obesity, according to a study from scientists at UBC.
Experiments with mice revealed a 50-per-cent reduction in unhealthy “white fat” when the gene that encodes the 14-3- Alberta mom forced to pay for air ambulance after premature birth in Ontario | CTV News
An Alberta mother is struggling to pay an air-ambulance bill for thousands of dollars after she gave birth prematurely in a northern Ontario hospital and required a medical evacuation.Spicy food linked to longer life in new study | CTV News
Eating spicy food, especially fresh chilli, has been linked to a lower risk of death in a Chinese study, researchers said Tuesday.
Eating spicy food, especially fresh chilli, has been linked to a lower risk of death in a Chinese study, researchers said Tuesday. Cerebral palsy may have genetic causes, Canadian study suggests
The new research challenges long-held beliefs about disorder and could lead to policy changes over screening Health | 206752 hits | 1:11 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
After meeting the stem cell donor whose act of kindness saved his life, Alan Dickeson was left speechless.Ebola vaccine trial proves 100% successful in Guinea
Rapid development and testing of drug may bring current epidemic in west Africa to an end and control future outbreaks, experts say
Health | 206784 hits | 10:48 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Rapid development and testing of drug may bring current epidemic in west Africa to an end and control future outbreaks, experts say Drug company accused of altering study by top SickKids pediatricianHealth | 207908 hits | 1:47 PM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
SickKids hospital’s lead physician co-authored a study that allegedly understated the risks of drug used to treat kids.Planned Parenthood failed to report 13-year-old girl's abuse
Planned Parenthood Rocky Mountains was hit with a complaint Wednesday for performing an abortion on a 13-year-old girl without reporting possible sexual abuse against the underage girl and returning her to the man who abused her.
Health | 208094 hits | 10:53 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Planned Parenthood Rocky Mountains was hit with a complaint Wednesday for performing an abortion on a 13-year-old girl without reporting possible sexual abuse against the underage girl and returning her to the man who abused her. Ebola vaccine from Canada seems to work in trial in Guinea: WHO
The experimental Ebola vaccine designed by Canadian scientists seems to work, the interim results of a trial in Guinea suggest.Boy, 8, becomes youngest double-hand transplant recipient
An 8-year-old boy who lost his hands and feet to a serious infection has become the youngest patient to receive a double-hand transplant, surgeons said Tuesday.
Health | 207825 hits | 12:29 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
An 8-year-old boy who lost his hands and feet to a serious infection has become the youngest patient to receive a double-hand transplant, surgeons said Tuesday. Medical marijuana could be covered by insurance, experts say
Canadians who have been prescribed medical marijuana could one day see their insurance company footing the bill, experts predict, following the introduction of new Health Canada rules that allow for the sale of cannabis oils.Malaria vaccine Mosquirix gets European approval
The world's first malaria vaccine got a green light on Friday from European drugs regulators who recommended it as safe and effective to use in babies in Africa at risk of the mosquito-borne disease.
The world's first malaria vaccine got a green light on Friday from European drugs regulators who recommended it as safe and effective to use in babies in Africa at risk of the mosquito-borne disease.'Fat Guy' cycling across U.S. to lose weight, save marriage
A man is cycling across the United States in the hopes of losing hundreds of pounds, saving his marriage and finding material to write his second book.
A man is cycling across the United States in the hopes of losing hundreds of pounds, saving his marriage and finding material to write his second book. Number of Canadian babies getting HIV from moms now almost zero, conference told
Canada has virtually eliminated the incidence of mothers passing HIV to their infants at birth, primarily because of high rates of pre-natal testing and ready access to drug treatment that subdues the infection, researchers say.
In 2014, there was only North Van couple die after apparently using street drug laced with toxic fentanylHealth | 206706 hits | 12:05 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Bahcheli said Wednesday she was shocked to find out tenants Amelia and Hardy Leighton died over the weekend, likely by inhaling a street drug with a substance that appears to have been laced with something toxic — possibly the highly potent synthetic opio Measles vaccinations of toddlers at 89%, below 'herd immunity' level
Statistics Canada on Tuesday released the results of a national survey on childhood immunizations showing a high percentage of two-year-olds have been vaccinated against a variety of childhood diseases, though the figure is still short of so-called herd i Fitbit quitters' Fitness trackers often abandoned within months
Consumers are snapping up fitness trackers, but many abandon the devices after just a few months, reports suggest. Acetaminophen's maximum dose might be lowered by Health Canada
A new maximum recommended daily dose for the pain reliever acetaminophen is under consideration by Health Canada. Health | 206758 hits | 1:12 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
KAMLOOPS, B.C. — The regulatory authority for dentists in B.C. says a dental surgeon sedated a young patient to the point that she went into cardiac arrest and suffered a severe brain injury.Supercharged Tuberculosis, Made in India
A patient with extensively drug-resistant TB flew from Mumbai to Chicago, and the deadly disease could become an infamous export due to problems in India's public health system
A patient with extensively drug-resistant TB flew from Mumbai to Chicago, and the deadly disease could become an infamous export due to problems in India's public health system Justin Butts, Daniel MacDonald dead, toddler rescued after canoe capsizes on Bob's Lake
Two men are dead and a three-year-old boy has been rescued after a canoe capsized in a lake north of Kingston, Ont., on Saturday evening. Virginity certificates: Where health-care draws the line on meeting multicultural needsHealth | 206833 hits | 12:24 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
'If we don’t engage in the (cultural) discussion, we won’t fully understand their health needs and they won’t get met,' one expert said of the accommodation debate Common medications sway moral judgment
How many times would you give your neighbor an electric shock to earn a few extra bucks? Your answer could be more malleable than you think. A new study finds that two common drugs—an antidepressant and a treatment for Parkinson’s disease—can influence mo'I can't remember anything': Mystery woman found in U.S.
A mystery woman with an Australian accent and stage-three cancer says she has no idea who she is, where she's from or how she wound up lost and penniless in California.
Health | 206680 hits | 1:52 PM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A mystery woman with an Australian accent and stage-three cancer says she has no idea who she is, where she's from or how she wound up lost and penniless in California.Back to Canada News
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