Health Minister Jane Philpott proposes warning stickers on opioid prescription painkillers

Canada pursues unprecedented measures to curb use of powerful painkillers, including requiring cigarette-style warning stickers on every prescription.

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'Forever in my heart,' mom of Hamilton man with rapid aging disorder says after his death

"Forever in my heart. Tomorrow will not be the same without you, thank you for allowing me to be your mother," Jamie Madley wrote on social media after the death of her son, Devin Scullion, a Hamilton man with a rare genetic disorder that causes rapid aging.

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Toronto's Humber College to stay open as mystery illness makes 215 sick

Humber College officials say the school isn’t closing its doors as Toronto Public Health races to determine the cause of a mystery illness that swept through a residence, making approximately 215 people sick.

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How calorie counts on chain restaurant menus 'can have a lasting impact'

Calorie counts on chain restaurant menus may surprise some consumers into changing their choices, but the longer-term benefit may be from companies improving their recipes, a public health expert says.

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Nutella, bacon, roads: It's time to stop being scared by health stories

The headlines are irresistible: bacon causes cancer. Nutella causes cancer. Living by a road causes dementia. But there's a problem: while the stories are about legitimate scientific studies, the telling can cause unnecessary panic. Journalist Ben Chu tells us how to properly interpret the news.

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Public-private ping pong and conflict of interest concerns

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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Why are Canadians over 35 barred from signing up to donate bone marrow?

Bone marrow donation is often the last hope of survival for leukemia patients like seven-year-old Joshua Weekes, who died earlier this week after being unable to find a donor.

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