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Girl had three-inch leech up her nose for a MONTH
British backpacker Daniela Liverani was travelling around south-east Asia when she started suffering persistent nosebleeds, but put it down to a burst blood vessel.
Health | 206705 hits | 1:50 PM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
British backpacker Daniela Liverani was travelling around south-east Asia when she started suffering persistent nosebleeds, but put it down to a burst blood vessel.
Misunderstood and often misdiagnosed, the mystery of vertigoHealth | 206872 hits | 7:57 AM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
A growing number of Canadians, especially older ones, are suffering from vertigo, a sometimes debilitating chronic dizziness that can result from viruses, sports injuries and certain medications, and is almost impossible to cure. Ebola outbreak: Rona Ambrose comments on recent developmentsHealth | 206718 hits | 7:52 AM on Monday | posted by wildrosegirl
Canadian Health Minister Rona Ambrose and chief public health officer Dr. Gregory Taylor will comment on developments in the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, which the WHO said Monday was "the most severe, acute health emergency seen in modern times." CBC iEbola test on Texas health-care worker comes back positive
A Texas health-care worker tested positive for Ebola, the first known case of the disease being contracted or transmitted in the U.S., even though she wore full protective gear while caring for a hospitalized patient who later died from the virus, health
Health | 206678 hits | 10:03 PM on Sunday | posted by wildrosegirl
A Texas health-care worker tested positive for Ebola, the first known case of the disease being contracted or transmitted in the U.S., even though she wore full protective gear while caring for a hospitalized patient who later died from the virus, health Nuclear plants must give anti-radiation pills to nearby residents: regulatorHealth | 206815 hits | 4:14 PM on Saturday | posted by wildrosegirl
Residents and businesses near nuclear power plants must be provided with potassium iodide pills as a precautionary measure in case of an emergency, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission said Friday. Health | 206813 hits | 6:36 PM on Friday | posted by wildrosegirl
Alberta Health Services unveiled a new $15.8 million clinic at the Stollery Children's Hospital on Friday with the help of a few legendary hockey players.Spanish Ebola nurse's dog Excalibur is PUT DOWN over fears it could transmit the disease
Fury erupted after a government health spokesman in Madrid confirmed that Teresa Romero Ramos’s dog, Excalibur, had been destroyed.
Health | 206710 hits | 3:34 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Fury erupted after a government health spokesman in Madrid confirmed that Teresa Romero Ramos’s dog, Excalibur, had been destroyed. Doctor-assisted suicide supported by majority of Canadians in new pollHealth | 206747 hits | 4:27 PM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
More than three quarters of Canadians in a new online poll supported doctor-assisted suicide, as the issue heads the Supreme Court next week.Health | 206985 hits | 4:04 PM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
Pope Francis has insisted on an open debate and welcomed people to challenge him at the "extraordinary synod" underway at the Vatican, a move David Perlich says is extraordinary in itself. Ebola screening to be stepped up at U.S. airports, Canadian borderHealth | 206682 hits | 3:57 PM on Wednesday | posted by wildrosegirl
Travellers coming from Ebola-affected West African countries to the U.S. can expect enhanced screening and temperature checks as health officials step up efforts to prevent the spread of the disease. Canada will also use temperature screening in some caseThe terrible truth about cannabis
The paper by Professor Wayne Hall, a drugs advisor to the World Health Organisation, builds a compelling case against those who deny the devastation cannabis wreaks on the brain.
Health | 207070 hits | 12:45 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The paper by Professor Wayne Hall, a drugs advisor to the World Health Organisation, builds a compelling case against those who deny the devastation cannabis wreaks on the brain. Health | 206676 hits | 12:37 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Born with a deformed skull, the Maltese dog required brain surgery after she lost her ability to balance and kept tipping over. What makes this unique is, she had to fly from Arizona to B.C. to get the procedure done because no one was qualified to do it Surgery patients report waking up during surgery but unable to let doctors know
Some patients given paralytic drugs say they came to, but medical staff had no idea they were conscious.
Health | 206674 hits | 12:30 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Some patients given paralytic drugs say they came to, but medical staff had no idea they were conscious.Dutch euthanasia patients trebles in a year as doctors say it is 'out of control'
42 people with mental illnesses were killed by lethal injection in the Netherlands last year, up from 14 in 2012, while the overall number of assisted deaths grew by more than 15 per cent.
Health | 206811 hits | 12:44 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
42 people with mental illnesses were killed by lethal injection in the Netherlands last year, up from 14 in 2012, while the overall number of assisted deaths grew by more than 15 per cent. Enterovirus EV-D68: B.C. child, teen with polio-like symptoms seen by officialsHealth | 206681 hits | 11:59 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Health officials in British Columbia and Alberta are investigating whether enterovirus D68, which causes respiratory illness, is linked to polio-like symptoms in six young patients.Airline Passenger With Ebola Is Under Treatment in Dallas
Health | 207386 hits | 3:44 PM on Tuesday | posted by saturn_656
Antibiotics linked to child obesity
Children who receive a lot of antibiotics before age 2 are slightly more likely than others to become obese, a new study shows.
Health | 207831 hits | 12:21 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Children who receive a lot of antibiotics before age 2 are slightly more likely than others to become obese, a new study shows.How olive oil could reverse heart failure
Scientists at the University of Illinois, in Chicago, have found that the fat in olive oil kick-starts failing hearts
Health | 207941 hits | 12:17 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Scientists at the University of Illinois, in Chicago, have found that the fat in olive oil kick-starts failing heartsChicken served at Baltimore food safety summit sickened 216 attendees
The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene released a report Thursday that says the chicken Marsala served at a buffet lunch on April 9 during the 2014 Food Safety Summit at the Baltimore Convention Center caused a gastroenteritis outbreak that
The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene released a report Thursday that says the chicken Marsala served at a buffet lunch on April 9 during the 2014 Food Safety Summit at the Baltimore Convention Center caused a gastroenteritis outbreak that 'Disposable heroes': No compensation for paramedic with PTSD
A B.C. paramedic who watched her colleagues plunge off a cliff in a horrific accident says the province's outdated rules mean first responders who suffer psychological trauma on the job are treated like "disposable heroes." Drinking water contaminated by excreted drugs a growing concern
If we’re taking it, we’re also drinking it: painkillers, blood thinners, hormones, chemotherapy agents, even cocaine and amphetamines. What happens when excreted drugs get into drinking water?Surprise guilty plea for Oakland Twp. cancer doctor over false treatments, fraud
Dr. Farid Fata, accused of giving chemotherapy to patients who didn't have cancer as part of an alleged scheme to bilk Medicare out of millions of dollars, has pleaded guilty to several counts of health care fraud, money laundering and conspiracy
Health | 206720 hits | 11:28 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Dr. Farid Fata, accused of giving chemotherapy to patients who didn't have cancer as part of an alleged scheme to bilk Medicare out of millions of dollars, has pleaded guilty to several counts of health care fraud, money laundering and conspiracy Ottawa: Tuberculosis exposure at Orleans school prompts health warningHealth | 206858 hits | 10:45 AM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Ottawa Public Health has sent a letter to parents with children at Gisèle-Lalonde High School in Orleans warning them of possible exposure last year to a person who had tuberculosis. Artificial sweeteners linked to obesity epidemic, scientists say
Artificial sweeteners may exacerbate, rather than prevent, metabolic disorders such as Type 2 diabetes, a study suggests.Taking a Health Hazard Home
A new study of a small group of workers at industrial hog farms in North Carolina has found that they continued to carry antibiotic-resistant bacteria over several days, raising new questions for public health officials struggling to contain the spread of
A new study of a small group of workers at industrial hog farms in North Carolina has found that they continued to carry antibiotic-resistant bacteria over several days, raising new questions for public health officials struggling to contain the spread of Enterovirus D-68 could be cause of surge of admissions at Ontario hospitalHealth | 206728 hits | 12:13 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Windsor Regional Hospital has seen a sudden surge of young patients with severe respiratory issues. As a result, the hospital in southwestern Ontario is restricting visitation in its pediatric ward. 
You know what’s hard about losing a massive amount of weight?
Pretty much everything.
Eight months ago I set out to change my life. I was broken. It was pretty easy to see. I was divorced, depressed, and I topped the scales at 415 pounds.Is your bottled water making you ILL'
Many of us have swapped a significant source of magnesium — tap water — for bottled water, which often has a far lower content.
Health | 206917 hits | 1:08 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Many of us have swapped a significant source of magnesium — tap water — for bottled water, which often has a far lower content. Marijuana use by teens linked with problems in young adulthood
Frequent pot use by teens is linked to a greater likelihood of incomplete education, suicide attempts and other harmful effects, say researchers in Australia and New Zealand, who suggest their findings should be considered as countries move to decriminaliLung virus hospitalizing hundreds of kids across Midwest
Hospitals across the Midwest - especially Kansas City - are being inundated with children infected by a bizarre virus, which first comes on as a common cold before developing into severe respiratory distress.
Health | 206684 hits | 12:30 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Hospitals across the Midwest - especially Kansas City - are being inundated with children infected by a bizarre virus, which first comes on as a common cold before developing into severe respiratory distress. Sunnybrook hospital broke law by enforcing do-not-resuscitate order, says watchdogHealth | 206887 hits | 12:31 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Doctors at one of Toronto’s biggest hospitals violated provincial law when they imposed a do-not-resuscitate order on a dying man without consulting his daughter, Ontario’s medical watchdog has ruled. . Sports concussions in kids preventable by game changes, doctors say
Concussions in children are a public health issue, but preventable by instituting game and rule changes that eliminate head contact, Canadian doctors say. Japanese mercury experts push Canada to help Grassy Narrows
The world's leading experts in mercury poisoning are urging Canada to recognize, and treat, the wide-ranging human health impacts of contamination on two First Nations in northern Ontario.Health | 206680 hits | 12:22 AM on Tuesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The Kings are seeking a new proton beam radiation therapy not offered in the U.K. The hospital says the boy has a 70% chance of survival with the treatment it offersTransgender 'doctor' Tracy Lynn Garner guilty of murder
A Mississippi "woman" was convicted yesterday of murder in connection to illicit silicone buttocks injections that led to a Georgia woman's death.
Health | 208003 hits | 12:28 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A Mississippi "woman" was convicted yesterday of murder in connection to illicit silicone buttocks injections that led to a Georgia woman's death. Why do humans grow up so slowly' Blame the brain
Study suggests that humans' hungry brains divert energy from our bodies, slowing growth and leading to a long childhood and adolescenceHealth | 207737 hits | 1:19 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Tuberculosis spread from people in Africa to seals and sea lions, which spread it to people in South America long before Christopher Columbus set foot there. Halt transfer of Michener Centre residents in wake of deaths, opposition MLAs say
Opposition MLAs are calling on the provincial government to halt the transfer of people out of the Michener Centre in the wake of claims that several residents have died since they were moved. Diabetes could be cured as scientists find cause of disease
Diabetes could be cured after scientists discovered that toxic clumps of a hormone stop cells producing insulin. Scientists at Manchester University have found that both Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes are driven by the same underlying mechanism. The findings Rona Ambrose tells doctors anti-drug campaign not politicalHealth | 207214 hits | 8:25 AM on Tuesday | posted by Zipperfish
Health Minister Rona Ambrose says a new anti-drug campaign isn't asking doctors to take a partisan view on marijuana, saying instead it's Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau who has politicized the issue.Gunmen wreak havoc in Caracas emergency rooms
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — At first, the operating room doctors thought the quiet man in jeans was a distressed family member. One shouted at him to leave as another fought to save the gunshot patient unconscious on the table.
The anesthesiologist was the
Health | 206705 hits | 12:47 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — At first, the operating room doctors thought the quiet man in jeans was a distressed family member. One shouted at him to leave as another fought to save the gunshot patient unconscious on the table.
The anesthesiologist was theEbola outbreak 'vastly underestimated,' WHO says
There is evidence the numbers of dead and sickened by Ebola in West Africa may "vastly underestimate the magnitude of the outbreak," the World Health Organization says.
Health | 206772 hits | 8:10 PM on Thursday | posted by ShepherdsDog
There is evidence the numbers of dead and sickened by Ebola in West Africa may "vastly underestimate the magnitude of the outbreak," the World Health Organization says.Italian doc: I've found the key to head transplants
An Italian scientist has claimed that head transplants could be possible, after what he says is a major breakthrough in the technique.
Health | 206762 hits | 12:17 PM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog
An Italian scientist has claimed that head transplants could be possible, after what he says is a major breakthrough in the technique.Back to Canada News
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