Let midwives & GPs attend low risk births

Manavi Handa

For low risk births, family doctors are every bit as safe as obstetricians. Midwives should be part of the conversation.



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Final Ebola survivor discharged as Sierra Leone starts virus-free countdown

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Health authorities in Sierra Leone release the country's last known Ebola patient from the hospital.



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Flesh-eating disease appears after black fly bite becomes infected

Deborah Charette

An Ontario woman is warning people about the dangers of a rare illness she contracted following a black fly bite, that almost killed her.



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'Chained to a substance': fentanyl user speaks out

Fentanyl drugs seized in Calgary

A Mississauga, Ont., man addicted to fentanyl says the drug has derailed the last decade of his life, but he continues to use, believing he can do so safely.



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Ebola scientist who led ZMapp development leaving national lab in Winnipeg

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The scientist who led the work to develop the Ebola drug ZMapp is going to be leaving the National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg.



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Cancer-stricken Quebec teen with Huron roots struggles to find stem cell donor

Rosalie Lirette Gilbert

On June 29, Rosalie Lirette Gilbert's life was turned upside down — that's the day the 19-year-old Quebec City resident was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.



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Health or Hype? | 'It's all baloney': If cosmetics worked as promised, they'd be drugs

ANTI AGING YOUTH

If cosmetics could trigger metabolic changes that can turn back time, they'd be drugs. In reality, cosmetics offer only superficial cleaning and conditioning.



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