The Medical Council of Canada says it's reviewing its practices after being criticized online for prohibiting women from bringing tampons or menstrual pads into exam rooms while writing multi-hour tests.
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Medical Council of Canada under fire for banning access to menstrual products for exam takers
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More teens in Sask. are smokers than in any other province: Health Canada survey
Saskatchewan teens are smoking almost three times more than their peers in other provinces, according to newly released numbers.
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A call for hope during a time of pain: Nunavik looks for solutions to suicide crisis
People in Kuujjuaq, Que., buried two young people Tuesday — the latest victims of apparent suicide — the very day Inuit leaders gathered in Nunavik's administrative centre to figure out how to respond to the latest spate of suicides in the territory.
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Wait at least a year before having another baby to minimize health risks, new study suggests
New parents planning another pregnancy should wait at least a year to conceive in order to minimize health risks to both mom and baby, according to new research.
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'The situation is shocking': Senator leads charge against for-profit blood collection
Some senators are invoking memories of the tainted blood crisis — when more than 30,000 Canadians were infected with HIV and hepatitis C from poorly-screened blood products — to put an end to the re-emergence of for-profit plasma clinics.
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Young people who give up pot see rapid improvement in memory, ability to learn
Adolescents and young adults who regularly use cannabis but stop for 30 days have better memory and an improved ability to learn, suggesting academic success might hang in the balance for young people who smoke regularly.
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Trick-or-treating kids at higher risk of traffic deaths, study shows
Pedestrian deaths for children between four and eight years of age are 10 times more likely on Halloween than other nights, researchers say.
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New study associates highly effective blood pressure medication with small risk of cancer
A Canadian research team suggests widely used ACE inhibitors may carry a very small risk of lung cancer, highlighting the importance of doctors clearly explaining risks versus benefits for their patients when medication study results are released.
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Grassy Narrows hopes to break ground on mercury treatment centre in spring, 2019
Officials in Grassy Narrows First Nation say they hope to break ground on a specialized treatment centre for people suffering from the effects of mercury poisoning next spring.
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Medical criticism doesn't stop hundreds of Gwyneth Paltrow 'Goopies' from flocking to Vancouver summit
Hundreds of wellness enthusiasts flocked to Stanley Park over the weekend, where Gwyneth Paltrow's wellness empire — known as Goop — held its sold-out wellness summit.
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Paralyzed Broncos player, parents want seatbelts on buses
Michelle Straschnitzki and her husband have added their voices to those of other Broncos parents who want buses equipped with seat and shoulder belts.
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Mental health issues from Fort McMurray fire linger but human contact helps: study
Newly published research suggests the fire cast a lasting shadow over the lives of many residents who are still experiencing elevated rates of depression and related mental-health problems.
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Janes Pub Style Chicken Burgers recalled due to possible salmonella contamination
Janes brand Pub Style Chicken Burgers have been recalled from the marketplace because of possible salmonella contamination, says the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.
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Who's rating doctors on RateMDs? The invisible hand of 'reputation management'
A 'reputation management' industry is emerging to boost positive doctor ratings on RateMDs. At the same time, the website allows doctors to hide some unfavourable comments for a fee.
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Smoke alarms with mom's voice wake kids up faster, study says
"The thing that was most remarkable to us was to see a child sleep five minutes through a very loud high-pitched tone, but then sit bolt upright in bed when their mother's voice sounded through the alarm," says study's lead author.
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Liberals pitch new rules on payments for surrogates, sperm donors
The Liberal government is setting out new rules on payment and protections for sperm or egg donations and on carrying someone else's baby — but a Liberal MP says it's time to overhaul Canada's outdated, ineffective laws.
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'Will you admit that Steve was poisoned?' Former Grassy Narrows chief's family asks of governments
The family of former Grassy Narrows First Nation Chief Steve Fobister Sr. is demanding that federal and Ontario government officials acknowledge that Fobister died from mercury poisoning brought on by industrial dumping into the English-Wabigoon River System.
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Sick children from Quebec's remote regions now accompanied by parents 'in 98% of cases'
Dropping an 'unwritten rule' of having a flight attendant aboard and other changes mean EVAQ, Quebec's air ambulance service, will now allow parents to accompany their children aboard most flights.
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Canada to apologize for treatment of Inuit with tuberculosis in mid-20th century
Inuit across the North were plucked from their communities and taken to sanatoriums in southern Canada for tuberculosis treatment in the mid-20th century, and now the federal government is poised to apologize.
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Indigenous students rely on up-to-date sex-ed curriculum, lawyer to argue in Ontario court case
Lawyers for Grand Council Treaty Three will make arguments to the court in a case brought by the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario, which challenges the Ford government's roll-back of the 2015 sex-ed curriculum.
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This team at a children's hospital watches out for kids at risk of abuse and neglect
A special team at CHEO made up of nurses, mental health workers, social workers and photographers are assigned and trained to spot abuse and neglect.
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Pharmacies selling DNA tests to help patients pick best medications
Experts agree genetic tests to determine whether certain medications work on some people or cause side effects can be helpful. But they aren't yet sure if they're ready to be used by consumers in community pharmacies.
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Canadian researchers take scalpel to opioid prescribing for surgical patients
When doctors in study reduced the amount of narcotics they prescribed after outpatient surgeries and used other options, they found patients didn't need more.
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Life expectancy in Canada may be decreasing for first time in decades, and opioid crisis is being blamed
On average, Canadians have been steadily living longer over many years, but a new report says that 'alarmingly,' it's expected to change.
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Ontario to keep funding supervised drug consumption sites, health minister says
Ontario will keep funding supervised drug consumption sites, but they'll be rebranded to help users receive treatment and get rehabilitated, Health Minister Christine Elliott said Monday morning.
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Seniors left out of cannabis public health information push
Even though the rate of pot use is growing the fastest among Canadians who are 65 and older, seniors — and their doctors — struggle to find information that addresses their specific health questions.
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Cases of rare, polio-like paralysis targeting kids appear in Canada
Last week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control reported a small surge in cases of a mysterious disease in children. More than 60 cases of the polio-like illness have been confirmed in 22 U.S. states in recent weeks. Now, doctors at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto say they’re seeing cases in Canada.
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Artist Leonardo da Vinci likely had an 'advantageous' eye disorder
Based on Leonardo da Vinci's work, there is evidence that the artist had strabismus — a condition that affects about three percent of the population and is usually detected at birth. One eye is straight, while the other eye can drift.
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Health officials investigate salmonella outbreak in 5 provinces
Public health officials in five provinces are investigating a salmonella outbreak that has affected 45 individuals, some of whom ate cucumbers, although other sources are being investigated.
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'I can't do this alone': Kids from Northern Quebec still taking medevac flights without parents
Parents of a six-year-old Waswanipi boy, who was taken on a medevac flight to Montreal on his own in August, described the trauma their son experienced at Quebec's inquiry into the treatment of Indigenous people.
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Clean your bong, pass it along and other expert tips on cannabis etiquette
Emily Post might not have been thinking about cannabis when she wrote down the rules of etiquette, but that doesn't mean you should throw manners to the wind if you dabble in legal weed.
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What exactly are you inhaling when you vape?
With the popularity of Juul and other trendy vaping products, researchers are becoming more interested in how long-term exposure to flavouring chemicals affects our lungs.
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Quebec Inuit leaders plea for mental health support in wake of youth suicides
In Nunavik, Quebec's expansive northern region dotted by remote fly-in Inuit villages, most residents are connected to at least one, if not several of the young people who have recently ended their own lives.
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Study of U.S. hospital figures links pot use with increased risk of stroke
New research is being presented at a conference in Montreal today linking recreational cannabis use with an increased risk of stroke.
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Exercise during pregnancy can reduce risk of major complications, research finds
If you exercise while pregnant, you could decrease your chances of developing a major complication by 25 per cent, according to new University of Alberta-led research.
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Last year's flu vaccine wasn't very effective. This year's looks more promising
Last year's flu vaccine wasn't very effective. Here's what you need to know about this year's - and what kind of flu season 2018-19 is shaping up to be.
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Low-cost Calgary IVF clinic took advantage of the 'vulnerable and desperate,' woman says
Effortless IVF bills itself as a more affordable alternative to traditional in vitro fertilization, but has been without a full-time doctor since it opened, prompting complaints of delays, confusion and frustration.
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Uganda at 'big risk' for Ebola spreading from neighbouring Congo, officials say
The World Health Organization says Congo's Ebola outbreak is not yet a global emergency but has called for an "intensified" response.
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New federal asbestos ban includes controversial exemptions
New regulations designed to ban asbestos will go into effect by the end of this year, however an analysis of the final rules introduced Wednesday reveals they have been watered down from what the federal government originally proposed.
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Rise in cases of rare polio-like illness in U.S. children, officials say
Waves of the mysterious condition that causes muscle weakness seems to appear every other year in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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Canada's giant public health 'experiment' with legalized cannabis begins
Experts say making marijuana legal will help yield much needed insight into the drug's health effects — both positive and negative.
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Study shows HPV vaccination does not cause riskier sexual behaviour among teens
A new study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal shows teenage girls in B.C. are waiting longer to have sex and are more likely to use contraception than they were before the HPV vaccine was made available in public schools in 2008.
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Abbott Nutrition recalls meal replacements including Ensure Plus for possible bacterial contamination
Abbott Nutrition is recalling a number of canned nutritional beverages due to possible bacterial contamination, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency says.
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Canadian Blood Services mulling shorter wait time for gay donors
As Canadian Blood Services considers further reducing the wait time for gay men giving blood to three months after having sex, some experts say labelling an entire group of people as high risk isn't the best way to protect the blood supply.
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Chiropractor crackdown: College gives ultimatum on misleading health claims
There is no acceptable scientific evidence that chiropractors can treat Alzheimer's disease, cancer, diabetes, infertility, infections, autism, ADHD or Down syndrome. And yet, some practitioners in this province claim they can.
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Young drivers who use cannabis at higher risk of collisions 5 hours later, McGill finds
Young people who use cannabis and drive are at greater risk of being in involved in a vehicular collision even if five hours have passed since inhaling it, according to a McGill University study.
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When scientists want their data fudged and why you should care
Statisticians play a vital role in ensuring that research findings are genuine and some have been repeatedly asked to alter data records or falsify the significance of results, a new study finds.
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How long should police officers abstain from pot before going to work? Researchers weigh in
Health experts have differing opinions on whether there's scientific merit to banning cannabis use for weeks before people in safety-sensitive jobs report for duty.
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Ebola outbreak could spiral out of control as health workers deal with armed insurgents, hostile locals
A closer look at the day's most notable stories with The National's Jonathon Gatehouse: health experts struggle to contain Ebola outbreak; the intense celebrity showdown between Taylor Swift and Kanye West turns political; experts answer questions about cannabis legalization plan.
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Around 550 Nunavut children waiting up to a year for urgent dental care
'If a child requires services under general anaesthetic in the hospital they have some serious dental health problems,' chief dental officer says as hundreds of children wait for treatment.
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Doctors to prescribe a trip to the museum as part of pilot project
A trip to the museum can benefit those with all kinds of conditions — from mental illness and eating disorders to diabetes, high blood pressure and for those in palliative care, one of the doctors behind the initiative says.
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30 years after Morgentaler ruling, future doctors say medical schools neglect abortion training
A recent study concludes that Canadian family medicine training programs provide little education about abortion, with 57% of family medicine residents having no formal training on the procedure.
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Indigenous healing room opens at east Toronto hospital
Pediatric healing room infused with Indigenous knowledge of the Seven Grandfather Teachings, medicine wheel and spirit animals is now open to Indigenous and non-Indigenous patients.
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Opioid crisis coupled with doctor shortage leaves chronic pain patients desperate
In northwestern Ontario where thousands of people don't have a primary care provider, patients taking painkillers often aren't at the top of family doctors' waiting lists.
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'There's not a day that we go into work feeling safe': Video shows violent attack on Winnipeg hospital staff
A shocking video shows an attack on staff at a Winnipeg hospital, but workers tell CBC it's all too common — and they need more support for security, on-site police and even metal detectors to protect against rising violence blamed on the meth crisis.
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Burnout, depression and even suicidal thoughts reported in survey of Canadian doctors
Job pressures and a drive for perfection all contribute to mental health issues among doctors and medical residents, but many are hesitant to acknowledge they are struggling.
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