Low-carb diets associated with lower life expectancy, study suggests

Bread and vegetables

Many people have embraced low carbohydrate diets to lose weight, but they may be putting their long-term health at risk by eating too much animal protein and fat.



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Hundreds of patients received less than full dose of chemo, Cancer Care Ontario finds

Health Overhaul Troubled Program

Hundreds of cancer patients in dozens of hospitals may not have received the full amount of chemotherapy drug prescribed to them, a review commissioned by Cancer Care Ontario has found.



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Trump calls for lawsuit against some opioid companies

Fentanyl

Trump administration also wants to cut production quotas of most-abused opioids, including oxycodone and fentanyl.



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76 drug overdoses near Yale University possibly linked to synthetic marijuana

City Green Overdoses

Police in Connecticut are swarming a city park near Yale University and searching people's homes for drugs in an effort to prevent more overdoses from a suspected bad batch of "K2" synthetic marijuana after the number of overdose victims rose to 76 in New Haven.



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'Not good for anybody': Southern Alberta air quality remains 'very high risk' to health

Calgary Zoo smoke

Smoke pouring in from nearby British Columbia continues to deteriorate the air quality in Alberta.



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Sex-ed curricula can't satisfy everyone, and they shouldn't try, say some experts

Parents sex-ed curriculum

As Ontario grapples with its sex education curriculum, any effort to come up with a consensus on what should be taught in schools may very well be a 'fool's errand,' says a noted researcher on the controversial issue.



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Having to pay for your own shingles vaccine isn't ageism, tribunal rules

Thomas Hasek

When Thomas Hasek decided to get immunized against shingles a few years back, he had to pay $200 for the shot. That struck him as unfair — after all, the childhood chickenpox vaccine addresses the same virus, and it's publicly funded.



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