Woman alleged to have unlawfully injected botox for years under investigation

Before and After lip injection

The B.C. College of Physicians and Surgeons is seeking an injunction against a Surrey woman — Rajdeep Kaur Khakh — who it says may have unlawfully injected clients with botox and other substances while posing as a doctor at salons, "botox parties" and in clients' homes according to court documents.



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Kids not getting enough exercise, spend too much time with screens, StatsCan reports

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Most Canadian children and youth are still not getting the recommended amount of daily physical activity.



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How Ontario's long-term care shortage has kept this Toronto couple apart for almost 6 years

Jennifer Brown and Karl Froehr

An elderly Toronto couple spent their 14th wedding anniversary hand-in-hand after health issues and skyrocketing wait-lists for long-term care facilities have kept them apart for nearly half their marriage.



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2 Janes chicken products recalled due to salmonella

Janes Pub Style Chicken Burgers

Janes Pub Style Chicken Burgers and Pub Style Snacks Popcorn Chicken have been recalled because of possible salmonella contamination, as part of an investigation of an illness outbreak.



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'Nocebo' effect: Why side-effects may seem worse for expensive drugs

Nocebo effect experiment

Expensive medicines can seem to create worse side-effects than cheaper alternatives, suggests a new study that looked at the nocebo effect of drugs. The opposite of the placebo effect, nocebo is the perception of negative side effects from a benign substance in a blind trial.



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Defibrillators coming to all OCDSB schools

Automated external defibrillator

Senior staff with the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board decided Tuesday to have defibrillators installed in all of the board's schools, a week after a CBC story revealed 78 of the board's 119 elementary schools did not have the potentially life-saving devices.



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Missouri appeals court tosses $72M US award in talcum powder case

Johnson and Johnson talc powder cancer

A Missouri appeals court that vacated a $72 million US award to an Alabama woman who claimed her use of Johnson & Johnson products that contained talcum contributed to her ovarian cancer has thrown the fate of awards in similar cases into doubt.



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