1onebes: octobre 2015

Confusion ensues after report links red, processed meat to cancer

Many news stories about a new WHO report classifying processed meat as a carcinogen and red meat as a probable carcinogen presented it as a report about risk. Here's how the journalists got confused.

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Medical advice about myths and treatment for warts

Calgary doctor Raj Bhardwaj shares some surprising treatment tips for the unsightly skin condition.

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EpiPen epinephrine auto-injector shortage expected

There is a potential shortage of EpiPens, a brand of epinephrine auto-injectors used to treat severe allergic reactions, according to a Canadian drug-industry run database.

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Valeant says it's cutting all ties with troubled Philidor pharmacies amid crisis

Valeant Pharmaceuticals says it's cutting all ties with Philidor Rx Services, a partner company at the centre of a controversy about how Canada's largest publicly traded drug company conducts its business.

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'What she's giving me is life itself:' kidney transplant patient to Keeping Canada Alive

A woman donates a kidney to her 81-year-old father and a baby first hears her mother's voice when her cochlear implants are turned on in Part 5 of Keeping Canada Alive, a day in the life of our health care system.

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Why low-fat diets proved a no-no for weight loss

The low-fat diet craze for weight loss should come to an end, say researchers who conducted a large review of diet studies.

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Your Halloween candy may contain nano-sized additives

What's lurking in your candy could be more frightening than just sugar and calories. Researchers say nano-sized additives found in many foods haven't been well tested and their effects are unclear, Torah Kachur reports.

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Rob Ford '99% sure' new tumour is malignant

Toronto city councillor and former mayor Rob Ford says he is "99 per cent sure" a newly discovered tumour is malignant.

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Religious leaders call for better palliative care as assisted dying debate heats up

Religious leaders from several faiths are calling on Canadian lawmakers to improve palliative care and respect human life as the debate over doctor-assisted dying heats up.

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Viagra-maker Pfizer and Botox-maker Allergan flirt with super-sized hook-up

Allergan, the maker of Botox, is confirming that it has been approached by drug giant Pfizer about a possible merger.

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Whooping cough outbreak jumps to 47 cases

The number of confirmed cases of pertussis or whooping cough has grown by 11 in the last week, bringing the total to 47 in New Brunswick.

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PharmaNet data used to crack down on opioid overprescription

The B.C. College of Physicians and Surgeons says it is working to stop the overprescription of opioid painkillers by focusing on individual doctors with high prescription rates — rather than geographical hotspots.

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Allerject epinephrine auto-injectors recalled by drugmaker Sanofi

Drugmaker Sanofi is recalling hundreds of thousands of epinephrine injectors in North America used to treat severe allergic reactions because they may not deliver the correct amount of the life-saving drug.

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Health-care spending reaches $6,105 per Canadian, but increase is slowing

Health spending in Canada is expected to reach $219.1 billion this year, according to a new 40-year report.

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Fraudulent infant formula study withdrawn by medical journal

A Canadian scientist's 1989 study on the immune benefits of infant formula has been retracted by a major medical journal, which called the case a "major failure of scientific governance."

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Rob Ford has new tumour on his bladder

Former Toronto mayor Rob Ford has a new tumour on his bladder, his office confirmed Wednesday.

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Gut bacteria could be the key to weight loss, not calorie intake

Gut Check. It may not be what you eat but what bacteria you produce in your gut that is preventing you from shedding some pounds. Ongoing research into our personal eco-system - our microbiome - suggests that the real answer to ideal weight is growing in our guts.

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Parents praise moves to include kids with disabilities in media

If you glance at the flyers in your mailbox, you'll probably see standard shots of models posing with merchandise. But a recent Halloween flyer from a major retailer has drawn attention across the continent, because it features a young girl with a disability.

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The bitter truth about sugar: it's toxic, says study

New research suggests reducing sugar intake can lower risk of heart disease, stroke and liver disease.

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Tuberculosis now rivals AIDS as leading cause of death, WHO says

For the first time, tuberculosis infections rivaled HIV/AIDS as a leading cause of death from infectious diseases, the World Health Organization said in a new report.

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Overprescription of opioids linked to overdose deaths in B.C.

Parts of B.C. where doctors write the most prescriptions for painkillers such as fentanyl, oxycodone, morphine, and hydromorphone also have the highest rates of overdose deaths from the opioid drugs, according to a new UBC study.

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Calgary's new cancer centre to be built at northeast corner of Foothills hospital site

Calgary's new cancer centre will be built at the northeast corner of the Foothills Medical Centre, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley announced on Wednesday.

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Most tobacco-using teens start with flavoured products, survey suggests

A survey of teen smokers has added more evidence that flavoured tobacco products are particularly attractive to people younger than the legal smoking age.

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World Vision, CNIB logos used without permission by chemical company

Two national charities and the Waterloo region's largest hospital have complained about the unauthorized use of their logos by reChem Labs, a Kitchener, Ont., company that sells research chemicals.

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Hand-washing rates among Alberta health-care workers nears 80%

Nurses and doctors are cleaning their hands much more often than in the past, but Alberta Health Services says there's still work to do in making hand hygiene a habit among hospital staff.

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Big Tobacco ordered to put $1B in trust for class-action lawsuit members

The Quebec Court of Appeal has ordered two big tobacco companies — Imperial Tobacco and Rothmans Benson & Hedges — to start paying out almost $1 billion in a trust account to members of Canada’s largest class-action lawsuit.

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'Pilots are not naive to their own mental stresses,' aviation conference hears

Seven months after a pilot apparently crashed an airliner into a mountainside, killing himself and 149 other people, experts said better support for pilots with mental health disorders would do more to reduce the risk of pilot suicide than requiring that two people be in the cockpit at all times.

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Drug firm CEO Martin Shrkeli admits being a 'jackass' on Reddit, after Diaprim price hike

Drug firm CEO Martin Shkreli said during an online question-and-answer session that he could have been less of "a flippant jackass" after he raised the price of an anti-parasitic drug by 5,000 per cent, but the session did little to rehabilitate his public image.

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Foreign military role in Ebola crucial but risks unintended harm, report says

Foreign military personnel played a crucial role in stemming the Ebola outbreak in Liberia and Sierra Leone, researchers say, but warned against treating their intervention as a blueprint for future humanitarian crises.

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Paramedic house call program prevents thousands of ER visits

A Calgary medical program that reinvented the old-fashioned house call has become so popular it can't keep up with demand and is credited with preventing as many as 4,500 emergency room visits this year alone.

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Flu shot's 'crystal ball' science still best bet against influenza

The seasonal flu shot is designed by the world's top scientists who have access to a global network of data — but at the end of the day, it's just guesswork. Still, it remains our best chance of fighting influenza.

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Processed meat's cancer link unlikely to change habits, experts say

If you love a good steak, a recent WHO report on the links between processed and red meat and cancer probably gave you pause. But experts say it's unlikely to change your eating habits.

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Toronto teens invent wearable heart-monitoring device

Andre Bertram and Frank Nguyen HeartWatch

Two Grade 12 Danforth Tech students have created a watch that tracks vital signs and can summon help in an emergency.

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Cosmetic contact lenses for Halloween a health fright, optometrists warn

Red, swollen eyes or worse from wearing cosmetic contact lenses with a Halloween costume can be a health fright, optometrists say.

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Male menopause: real or imaginary?

Is male menopause a real disease or an excuse for doctors to prescribe testosterone? New guidelines may add to the controversy.

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Coconut oil: Is it a 'miracle' food?

Coconut oil has been said to cause weight loss, protect against cancer and heart disease, and even slow down or prevent dementia. Here's what the studies actually say.

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Valeant shares sink again despite new denials in Philidor crisis

Valeant Pharmaceuticals laid out a comprehensive refutation of the fraud allegations that have been raised against it by a short-seller, but the denials failed to halt the slide in the company's shares on Monday.

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Terminally ill boy's family awed by support from all over for early Christmas

Santa Claus came early to St. George, Ont., this year. The small town rallied this week to bring Christmas to Evan Leversage, a seven-year-old boy who has been battling brain cancer since he was two.

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Lack of safe water leads to deadly infections north of Sioux Lookout, doctor says

Bad water and inadequate housing is leading to a "dramatic increase in invasive disease" in First Nations north of Sioux Lookout, Ont., according to research published in the Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine.

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Parents of disabled woman say caregiver's lack of medical skills put daughter at risk

Maureen Hall, Steve Wilkins and Stephanie

A couple is going public after the caregiver they hired didn't have the medical skills she claimed to have, putting their severely disabled daughter at risk and raising questions about the screening process and how effective it is.

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Processed meat can cause cancer, red meat probably can, WHO says

Eating processed meat can cause bowel cancer in humans while red meat is a likely cause of the disease, World Health Organisation (WHO) experts said on Monday in findings that could sharpen debate over the merits of a meat-based diet.

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Finding a lifeline: Program helps vulnerable people gain access to health care

A small community program in Oxford County in southwestern Ontario aims to help vulnerable people who are entitled to health care but can't access it.

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'Break the taboo,' say mothers coping with pregnancy loss

Two Calgary-area mothers want to break the taboo surrounding late-term miscarriages, as communities across the country mark Pregnancy and Infant Loss Awareness Month.

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HPV vaccination rates in schools fall short of goal

Health officials are disappointed by the number of children in some provinces getting vaccinated against HPV to prevent certain cancers.

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Teal Pumpkin Project making Halloween less scary for kids with food allergies

The Teal Pumpkin Project helps trick-or-treaters will food allergies easily identify houses that hand out non-food items, like crayons and toys.

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Meat industry braces for WHO cancer risk verdict

As international health experts prepare to publish a report on potential cancer risks linked to red and processed meat, industry groups are bracing for a damaging blow to consumer confidence.

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Declaring Nunavut suicides a crisis a 'small' but important step, says father

Joanasie Akumalik iqaluit city council candidate

Joanasie Akumalik, who lost his son to suicide, hopes the premier's declaration that suicide is a crisis will be only the first step toward preventing more Nunavummiut from taking their own lives. "I'm hoping little things, small steps can be started right away," he said.

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