1onebes: janvier 2017

Stop marketing our kids to death with ads for foods and drinks, Heart and Stroke urges

Canadian kids and teens are bombarded by advertising for food and beverages in movies, video games, apps and social media — and that needs to stop, according to a new report.

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Zika virus: B.C. cases rise to 47 including 3 pregnant women

At least 47 people in B.C. have now been diagnosed with Zika after traveling to areas with the mosquito-borne illness including Mexico and parts of Central and South America.

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Trump pledges crackdown on drug prices and 'global freeloading' on R&D costs

President Donald Trump says he wants to lower drug prices and bring pharmaceutical companies back to the United States.

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Doctors urged to prescribe lower opioid doses to reduce potential for addictions

With Canadians ranking as the second highest users per capita of opioids in the world, a team of doctors is recommending doctors use greater caution and lower prescription doses.

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Ontario organ donations jump 30% in just one year

A record number of families consented to donate their loved ones' organs in Ontario last year, leading to a record number of organ transplants, according to figures released Tuesday by the Trillium Gift of Life Network.

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P.E.I. signs on to health accord with federal government

Prince Edward Island has signed on to Ottawa's health care deal, allowing the province to access federal dollars for home care and mental health.

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'The war on drugs is an abject failure': Why this Liberal MP thinks all drugs should be legalized

A Toronto-area MP is advocating the decriminalization and eventual legalization of all drugs.

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Nursing test could set up Canadian nurses to be lured to U.S.

Nursing students and schools are sounding the alarm on what they see as an "Americanization" of Canadian university nursing curriculum. Some say an American-style exam could end up sending more nurses south of the border.

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Why moderate snowfalls may be worse for the heart

Winter Weather MA Beacon Hill Boston snow Feb 9 2015

Moderate snowfalls were linked to an increase in hospital admissions for heart attacks and other cardiovascular illnesses, not heavy snowfalls, Boston team finds.

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Flu numbers begin to decline

This year’s flu season may have already peaked, but that doesn't mean it is over

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Yellow fever in Brazil sickens more than 100

Brazil’s yellow fever outbreak now has more than 100 cases, authorities say.

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Son's suicide leads Antigonish mother to support mental health patients

An Antigonish woman who lost her son to suicide has launched a program to help others struggling with mental health problems.

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Don't ask your doctor for advice on nutrition, unless...

You doctor may know very little about managing obesity or nutrition. I’d ask a registered dietician or a health coach instead.

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Doctor cap being considered by Alberta Health worries physicians

Alberta doctors are worried the provincial government wants to limit the number of physicians allowed to practice medicine in the province.

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What investigators found when they raided suspected fake doctor's plastic surgery clinic

The College of Physicians and Surgeons was in court Friday to keep tattoo artist Zhuo Li, also known as Sabrina Li, from practising plastic surgery. New documents were disclosed outlining what investigators saw and seized when they raided her Delta home in December.

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Study calls for more-detailed data on Saskatchewan suicide rates

AHS says it's seeing a dramatic increase in the numbers of children being referred for mental health

A new study says inadequate suicide data and tracking in Saskatchewan is skewing rates and prohibiting effective suicide prevention strategies from being developed.

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Hamilton enlists young parents as mentors in struggle for higher birth weights

A handful of peer mentors and researchers have been enlisted by public health officials and a network of more than 30 local health organizations to figure out the barriers to birthing and raising healthy babies in the city.

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Measuring sleep quality and U.S. scientists mobilize

Second Opinion is a vital dose of the week's news in health and medicine from reporter Kelly Crowe and CBC Health.

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Feeling stressed about exams? Here are 6 tips to cope

It's exam time for high school students on Prince Edward Island, and that can be stressful — for the students and for everyone around them. Here are six tips to get through it.

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'Abortion pill' Mifegymiso slowly available in Canada

29 years after the 'abortion pill' debuted in Europe, the drug combination known as, Mifegymiso, is finally available in Canada. Though the distributor says it's received just three orders for the medication so far.

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Life in the slow lane: Why supermarkets should rethink the need for speed

Most people want to get out of the grocery store checkout line as quickly as possible,. But for some, that need for speed can cause problems and even serious distress. Is it time for a special lane for folks who can't or simply don't want to move as quickly?

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B.C. paramedic's secret to showing compassion for every overdose patient

Veteran paramedic Brian Twaites has his own way of coping with the unrelenting volume of drug traumatic overdose calls in B.C.

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'One of the greatest food dangers is to be scared about our food,' chemist says

A substance found in burnt toast and fries that could be hazardous to our health continues to be monitored by Health Canada.

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Fort McMurray evacuees plagued by PTSD, study suggests

The destruction caused by the Fort McMurray wildfires is still being felt by those who lived through it, and the damage runs deep for evacuees haunted by the disaster.

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'Like a robot screaming in my ear:' composer spreads the word on sudden deafness

Sudden sensorineural hearing loss is a little-known, poorly understood condition. But if not treated early enough, it can result in permanent deafness.

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Scientists take first steps to growing human organs in pigs

America's Pig Farmer of the Year Award Winner

Scientists have grown human cells inside pig embryos, a very early step toward the goal of growing livers and other human organs inside animals to transplant into people.

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Yellow fever kills 40 in Brazil

Brazil's Ministry of Health has ordered 11.5 million doses of yellow fever vaccines to reinforce its stockpiles amid outbreak that includes 40 deaths.

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In hospital since birth, 4-year-old boy coming to Canada for life-changing surgery

Kenrick Bogle has been in a Jamaican hospital for his whole life. The four-year-old, unable to eat or breathe normally, is expected to have surgery at SickKids Hospital.

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Is virtual reality the antidote to help depressed seniors?

Canadian researchers are looking into how VR can be prescribed to seniors to rehabilitate them from things like strokes, treat depression, dementia and anxiety, and serve as an escape from their hospital or hospice beds.

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'Results were amazing' when teens with scoliosis did specialized exercises

Scoliosis Schroth exercises by Sanja Schreiber

Specialized physiotherapy exercises can help teenagers with scoliosis, a painful curvature of the spine, a randomized trial in Alberta shows.

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More than a decade with schizophrenia: how one UPEI student has coped

UPEI student Ketan Dulal was diagnosed with schizophrenia in his 20s while completing his undergrad in Germany. He's thankful the diagnosis happened there and not in his home country of Nepal, where families try to hide mental illness for fear of being shunned.

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Manitoba man stuck with $118K in medical bills after emergency surgery in U.S.

Robert Milne, heart patient who travelled to U.S. for emergency surgery

A Manitoba man is calling for the province to pay $118,000 in medical bills for emergency heart surgery he says he was forced to get in the U.S. as he waited for the province to airlift him to a Winnipeg hospital.

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Private donor steps in where government 'failed' on First Nation suicide crisis, chief says

An anonymous donor is pledging $380,000 for a plan to prevent more young people from dying by suicide on Wapekeka First Nation in northern Ontario, after Health Canada denied funding last summer.

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WHO seeks new leader to rebuild damaged reputation

List of candidates to lead the World Health Organization (WHO) whittled down to three

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New degree program at UPEI first in Canada for paramedics

Island EMS ambulance paramedic looking inside van with stretcher

A new degree program will be offered this fall at UPEI for Islanders thinking about a career as a paramedic, or for those already working in the industry and want to explore other opportunities.

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Breastfeeding 'lactivists' may be doing more harm than good, says author

It's a message you hear again and again: Breastfeeding is best. But some moms who struggle with breastfeeding say the pressure to do it can be too much to bear. The Current looks into the burden some mothers face and the pushback against "Lactivists."

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Quebec doctors use loophole to sidestep new law banning extra fees

Some Quebec doctors are using a loophole in the province's medical insurance regulations, in an apparent bid to get around a new law that bans private clinics from charging user fees, CBC News has learned.

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Burlington woman spent 6 days without lungs thanks to new, life-saving procedure

In what's believed to be a world first, Canadian doctors say they were able to save a young mother's life with a radical procedure: They removed her lungs.

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Type 1 diabetics get guide on how to safely manage exercise

People living with Type 1 diabetes have long been encouraged to exercise for health benefits. Now they have a guide on how to do so safely and keep their blood sugars in check.

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Baby vital sign monitors 'not the solution' to new parents' anxiety, pediatrician says

'We are not there yet,' on technology reducing the risk of SIDS

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'Comfort mitts' help people with dementia at The Mount

Staff at The Mount Continuing Care Community hope to make life a little more comfortable for residents with dementia.

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Devin Scullion defied all odds, now researchers are trying to figure out how

Doctors did not think Devin Scullion, a Hamilton man with a rare, rapid aging disorder would live past 13. But he defied the odds, and then some. He died at age 20, Sunday, but researchers are hopeful they can learn from his life to help others with progeria.

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