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04.12.2008 16:00
The planned shutdown of P.E.I.'s needle exchange has the province's deputy chief health officer worried about the spread of hepatitis C and AIDS.
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04.12.2008 12:01
Still stinging from revelations that have come out during a judicial inquiry into breast cancer testing mistakes, the Newfoundland and Labrador government says it is introducing more sweeping rules to protect patient safety.
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18.11.2008
Some people who were treated with wrinkle filling injections experienced "serious and unexpected" side-effects such as the inability to control their facial muscles, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said in a report released on Friday.
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17.11.2008
Young people may be risking long-term damage to their hearing if they don't change their listening habits, according to a study of high school students in Ontario released as part of a prevention campaign.
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17.11.2008
Fewer high school students are drinking alcohol these days, but those who drink are drinking more heavily, a new study by the Addictions Foundation of Manitoba has found.
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17.11.2008
Older treatments for irritable bowel syndrome like soluble fibre and peppermint oil safely help ease symptoms and should be used, a review suggests.
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14.11.2008
The Victorian Order of Nurses in Corner Brook has decided to stop offering home support to clients whose costs are paid by the Newfoundland and Labrador government.
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14.11.2008
Health facilities in two more Saskatchewan communities have been found reusing single-use medical syringes, bringing the total number to five, health officials say.
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14.11.2008
Traffic pollution, particularly in urban areas, exacerbates symptoms of asthma in children suffering from the respiratory illness, Mexican researchers said in a study published Thursday.
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13.11.2008
Men may also benefit from a vaccine designed to protect women from cervical cancer, researchers said Thursday. The Gardasil vaccine was 90 per cent effective in preventing benign genital lesions.
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13.11.2008
Native leaders and international public health experts are meeting in Toronto this week to hammer out a plan to cut tuberculosis rates in half in the next seven years.
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13.11.2008
Health care spending in Canada is expected to outpace inflation to reach $171.9 billion in 2008, up more $10.3 billion from last year's estimate, according to a report released Thursday.
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