Hot beverage scalds are the leading cause of childhood burns but many mothers of young children may be unaware what age group is most likely to get burned, researchers say.
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This woman's struggles show why Toronto needs to be a more age-friendly city
More Torontonians than ever are leading more isolated lives and that could have far-reaching consequences for the health and welfare of the population, especially seniors, according to the co-author of the Toronto Foundation's annual Vital Signs report.
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'Fiscally responsible' pharmacare plan will fill in gaps, finance minister says
Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau says a new national pharmacare program will be "fiscally responsible" and designed to fill in gaps, not provide prescription drugs for Canadians already covered by existing plans.
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SECOND OPINION | Exaggerated benefit found in 1 out of 3 early trials
For some mysterious reason, treatment effect can get smaller after a first clinical trial.
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'It was the right thing to do,' says homeless man whose life changed after returning officer's $40 left at ATM
Danny MacKillop, from Reserve Mines, N.S., is now in rehab and says he feels a sense of purpose in his life.
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5 pharmacare questions and answers
The federal government's announcement in the budget of an advisory council on options to proceed with a national pharmacare program leaves many questions about how it could work. Here are some answers.
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New Ontario health minister hammered with questions on home care provider lawsuit
Ontario's new minister of health and long-term care faced a flurry of questions from the Opposition on Tuesday, including queries about an ongoing lawsuit filed by home care providers against the provincial government.
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Halifax cardiologist loses appeal against health authority in $1.4M lawsuit
The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal rejected Dr. Gabrielle Horne's appeal and reduced the damages awarded to her to $800,000 from $1.4 million.
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Doctors tell Quebec government they don't want pay increase
Medical specialists in Quebec are gearing up to split $500 million among themselves, a raise they negotiated with the government earlier this month. But some doctors say they want the pay hike to be cancelled and the money spent on patient care and resources for their underpaid and overworked colleagues.
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Nova Scotia sets up program to help pay for take-home cancer drugs
Nova Scotia has launched a program to help pay for high deductibles and co-payments for cancer patients who take medication for their illness outside of hospital settings.
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Looking through a gender lens: 5 things to watch for in today's budget
Finance Minister Bill Morneau delivers his third federal budget today. It is a spending plan designed to promote gender equality, improve living conditions for Indigenous people and fortify Canada against cyber-hacks and attacks.
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Ontario Health Minister Eric Hoskins to chair federal pharmacare committee
Ontario MPP Eric Hoskins has resigned as health minister to chair a federal government advisory council with a goal of creating a national pharmacare plan.
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Ohio accuses 4 drug distributors of helping fuel opioid epidemic
Drug distributors "knew the amount of opioids allowed to flow into Ohio far exceeded what could be consumed for medically necessary purposes, but they did nothing to stop it," Ohio Attorney General says.
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Ontario Health Minister Eric Hoskins resigns
Eric Hoskins, Ontario's Health Minister, announced Monday he is resigning his post and won't be seeking re-election in 2018.
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Teen sexting may be more common than you think
A sizable number of young people under 18 engage in sexting, the practice of electronically sharing sexually explicit material, with an estimated one in seven sending sexts and one in four receiving them, a U.S. study suggests.
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Discredited hair-testing program harmed vulnerable families across Ontario, report says
A review of more than 1,200 child welfare cases spanning 25 years has found that a now-discredited hair analysis program in Toronto that tested for drug and alcohol use caused extensive — and potentially irreversible — harm to vulnerable families across Ontario.
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'Not fun' to be placed in a hospital bathroom, Sudbury patient says
A Sudbury, Ont. man who was placed for 10 days in a hospital bathroom as a patient is calling for more hospital beds.
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Parents call Type 1 diabetes an 'illness of vigilance' that requires more support from schools
The TDSB's move to allow naloxone kits in its high schools is prompting a call to train teachers on how to administer a powerful hormone that can save students suffering from extreme low blood sugar.
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'It makes you feel like your role is important,' mom says of her NICU care of twins
Both infants and their parents do better when mom and dad work at the bedside in intensive care to help newborns recover.
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'It takes longer to recover from cancer than to be treated,' young adult cancer survivor stresses
Adults who survived childhood cancer are more at a higher risk of poor mental health outcomes, Canadian oncologists say in a new study.
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Watchdog calls for 'compassionate' parole as prison system adopts new assisted death policy
The federal prison watchdog is urging more "compassionate" parole options and a ban on medically assisted death behind bars as Canada's prison system manages an increasingly sick, mentally ill and elderly inmate population.
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South Korean women on 'birth strike' as children come with too high a cost
Government efforts to boost South Korea's flagging birth rate have had little effect in a country where social and economic issues leave many women reluctant to have children.
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Second Opinion | Long flight? Staying home and binge watching TV? Risk of deep vein thrombosis either way
That deep vein thrombosis risk you've heard about on long flights? It can also happen after binge watching TV, researchers say.
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Montreal writer wins battle to get insurer to recognize his depression
After being denied coverage for his depression, Samuel Archibald received a call from UQAM's group insurance company, Desjardins, on Thursday morning informing him that they had reviewed his file and accepted his claim.
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Superagers' youthful brains offer clues to keeping sharp
Elite elders are more than just an oddity. There's potential for learning an enormous amount and applying it to the rest of us, including those who may be on a trajectory for some type of neurodegenerative disease, researchers say.
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Nova Scotia doctor losses snowballing each year, figures show
A CBC News analysis has found Nova Scotia doctors are leaving for other provinces at an accelerating pace, and stemming the outflow could cost tens of millions in salary increases.
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This child died because a feeding tube was placed in the wrong spot, his family wants answers
A Syrian refugee family that travelled for years through refugee camps in Lebanon and Turkey before arriving in Leamington, Ont. is searching for answers after their five-year-old son died following a routine procedure at Windsor Regional Hospital.
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'It looks to us as though there is a developing country within Canada's borders,' Lancet editor says
Canada's appalling record on Indigenous health is undermining its efforts to be a global health leader.
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How many new drugs rely on government-funded science? All of them
There’s public science in every single new drug. That was the surprising answer to a U.S. senator’s question about how government-funded research is benefitting citizens. But it took a year to come up with the numbers.
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Carbs not linked to PMS, study finds
The amount of foods containing sugars or other carbohydrates that a woman eats has nothing to do with whether she will start experiencing premenstrual syndrome (PMS), researchers say.
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Antidepressant drugs do work, review on almost 120,000 patients concludes
Antidepressants can be an effective tool to treat major depression, but this does not necessarily mean antidepressants should always be the first line of treatment, researcher says.
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Quebec woman dies after visiting 4 hospitals in 3 days for the flu
A Gatineau, Que., man is looking for answers from hospital officials after his 39-year-old wife visited four hospitals in three days before dying following an initial diagnosis of the flu.
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Social media may be pushing more millennials to turn to cosmetic procedures, clinics say
Clinics around Toronto are telling CBC News that more and more women in their early-to-mid 20s are getting Botox injections and other cosmetic procedures. And at least one expert says it could be due to growing pressure to look their best on social media.
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'All hands on deck': Nova Scotia's new physician recruiters playing catch-up
For five years in a row, Nova Scotia has seen more doctors leave than arrive. The pressure is on for a newly hired recruiting team to turn the loss into a positive, but the team has work to do to catch up with the rest of the country.
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6 reasons doctors say to reconsider colon cleanses
Former customers of two colon cleansing services in Thunder Bay, Ont. are getting tested for HIV and Hepatitis B and C after complaints of poor hygiene practices at the businesses. Health experts says there is no scientific evidence to support such practices, and that they can be risky.
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SECOND OPINION | Over-the-counter medicine could be affecting your mood
You're probably reaching for them when you have a headache or when that old knee injury flares up. But over-the-counter pain relievers like ibuprofen and acetaminophen may be affecting your thoughts and emotions, too.
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MPP says Sudbury patient kept in hospital bathroom for 13 days
Nickel Belt MPP and New Democrat health critic France Gelinas says a Sudbury man recently spent 13 days in a hospital bathroom while a patient at Health Sciences North.
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'Nothing was helping': U of C infant sleep study made big difference for Calgary mom
If you have a five-month-old baby, sleep might be a rare luxury in your home, and Rachel Farrar knows that all too well.
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Pacemakers, defibrillators are potentially hackable
The increasing popularity of devices using software and wireless communications has created a rising risk that hackers might reprogram devices to make them work improperly, cardiologists say.
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More Canadians smoking pot than in 1985, says StatsCan
Cannabis consumption has more than doubled among Canadians 15 and older over a 30-year span, according to a new Statistics Canada report.
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Chemo's no obstacle for this boy and his bot
When 11-year-old Hugo Roy can't go to school because he's undergoing chemotherapy, a robot attends class for him.
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B.C. scientist suspects Sea-to-Sky, North Shore could be home to high-risk radon
SFU public health researcher Anne-Marie Nicol suspects residents on Vancouver's North Shore and the Sea-to-Sky corridor are at risk of radon exposure.
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Kidney Foundation gets dozens of calls in response to family's plea for organ donors
The head of the Kidney Foundation in Calgary says the family that put up billboards seeking donors is helping everyone waiting for a transplant.
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Carbs, fat, DNA? Weight loss is finicky, new study shows
A precision nutrition approach to weight loss didn't hold up in a study testing low fat versus low carb depending on dieters' DNA profiles.
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'We are unable to conduct safe obstetric care': Pregnant women urged to leave town to deliver
The closure of maternity wards in rural communities across Canada has forced some women to travel hundreds of kilometres and pay thousands of dollars to deliver their babies.
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This Ontario town is home to 8,000 residents — and 18 family doctors
From matchmaking to babysitting, the physician recruiter in Goderich, Ont., went to elaborate lengths to convince doctors to move to the small town.
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Numerous Sisu vitamins recalled because of glass fragments
Vitamins produced by a B.C. company are being recalled because they may contain small pieces of glass.
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New acne diagnoses linked to increased depression risk
In the first year after being told by a doctor that they have acne, patients' risk for a diagnosis of major depressive disorder spikes by more than 60 per cent compared to the general population, according to a new study.
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'We've got a problem here': B.C. civil liberties group concerned doctor fingerprinted to prove his identity
A civil liberties association and doctors group in B.C. are raising concerns after a doctor whose name is similar to a sex offender's was ordered to be fingerprinted to prove his identity. The doctor predicts all doctors and nurses will be required to be fingerprinted down the road — a suspicion the RCMP appears to confirm in an email to CBC News.
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Public health officials warn of possible measles exposure on Air Canada flight
Public health officials west of Toronto say they've confirmed a case of the measles in a baby who returned home on a flight from Switzerland.
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