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30.08.2008 00:02
New research indicates premature infants whose mothers smoked during pregnancy had a higher heart rate and more trouble breathing than preemies whose mothers didn't smoke.
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30.08.2008 00:02
Public health officials in Nova Scotia say some recalled meat may have been served to hospital patients or nursing home residents.
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07.08.2008
A partnership that was supposed to relieve some of the pressure on an overflowing emergency ward in Gatineau, Que., has instead resulted in a nursing shortage at its partner institution, says the head of the staff union at the latter hospital.
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07.08.2008
Another Vancouver woman has come forward to say she was harassed while breastfeeding in public.
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07.08.2008
With all those hydration choices now available to us, water is still your best health bet. But not just any water, says naturopathic doctor Lorne Swetlikoff.
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07.08.2008
More than 60 per cent of patients diagnosed with a type of tuberculosis that is very difficult to treat were cured with aggressive drug treatment, according to a study from Peru that shows the disease is not a 'death sentence.'
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07.08.2008
Cultivating cells from a rare brain cancer that attacks infants and children may increase the chances of finding a treatment, says a team of Calgary researchers.
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06.08.2008
More Americans say they're pushing aside their beer steins, but the rate of alcohol-related disorders has remained steady, U.S. researchers said Wednesday.
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06.08.2008
Vancouver Coastal Health is examining ways to better alert people about False Creek's water quality after boaters complained they were not made aware of health warnings.
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06.08.2008
It may take just one tobacco cigarette for some people to get addicted to nicotice because of how their brains are wired, a Canadian study suggests.
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06.08.2008
The federal health minister repeated his opposition to safe injection sites at an international AIDS conference this week, in contrast to the World Health Organization's supportive stance on the harm reduction approach.
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06.08.2008
A Vancouver mother plans to complain to the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal after she was told she had to nurse in the changing room of a major clothing retailer, she says.
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