2014年8月26日 星期二

2014-08-27 Canada English Health

  Telegraph.co.uk   
Ebola outbreak: Canadians pulled from Sierra Leone as precaution  CBC.ca
The Public Health Agency of Canada said in a statement late Tuesday it is finalizing plans to bring the three-person mobile team from Winnipeg's National Microbiology Laboratory home from Sierra Leone. The team is being recalled after three people staying ...

WHO shuts Sierra Leone lab after worker infected with Ebola   Reuters
Canada pulling 3 member lab team from Sierra Leone over Ebola fears   Toronto Star
WHO Moves Team in Sierra Leone After a Medical Worker Contracts Ebola   New York Times
The Globe and Mail   
Los Angeles Times   
seattlepi.com   
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  Vancouver Sun   
2 Cases Suggest Stem Cell Transplant Might Ease 'Stiff Person' Syndrome  Doctors Lounge
TUESDAY, Aug. 26, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Two women with a rare disorder called stiff person syndrome recovered after receiving transplants of their own stem cells, a study shows. Stiff person syndrome is rare neurological disease that causes stiffness of ...

Canadian doctors use stem cells to treat 'stiff person syndrome', Report   Canada News
Stem-cell transplant eases symptoms of rare 'stiff person syndrome': study   Edmonton Journal

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  Daily Mail   
Arthroscopic knee surgery: Why it may not help you  CBC.ca
Are you older and have mild osteoarthritis? You might want to skip your knee scope, because there's little proof it's doing more help than harm, according to a McMaster University study. A review of middle-aged and mildly osteoarthritic patients indicates there ...

Knee surgery not needed for mild osteoarthritis   Business Standard
Patients with mild osteoarthritis may not benefit from knee surgery   News-Medical.net
Study Questions Value of Certain Knee Surgeries   WebMD

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  CTV News   
Winnipeg mayoral hopeful Paula Havixbeck pledges mental health help  CBC.ca
Paula Havixbeck says if she's elected mayor of Winnipeg this fall, she would offer city support for citizens with mental illness, including a transit subsidy and workshops for families. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Havixbeck said one in four Winnipeggers ...

Havixbeck adds to campaign platform, backs support for mental lllness   Winnipeg Free Press
Havixbeck Pledges Support For Those With Mental Illness   CJOB
Update: Havixbeck releases plan to support those with mental illness   MetroNews Canada
ChrisD.ca   
Winnipeg Sun   
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Record number of organ transplants change lives  Edmonton Journal
Local organ transplant surgeons performed 32 transplants in 10 days in Edmonton. Double lung transplant recipient Rick Galloway talks about his second change at life. Video by Bruce Edwards, Edmonton Journal. August 25, 2014. Tweet. Local organ ...


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  CTV News   
Central Health facing privacy breach of patients' records  CBC.ca
Central Health is dealing with a privacy breach that involves patient records. Officials said the personal health information of 52 patients was accidentally faxed to a company in Calgary, between May and August of this year. Staff were supposed to enter a ...

Newfoundland health authority says botched fax breached privacy of 52 patients   CTV News
Privacy breach at Central Health   Western Star

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  Net Newsledger   
Opioid treatment impacts testosterone levels  CHCH News
New research shows that the treatment for opioid addicts is negatively affecting their testosterone levels. Researchers at McMaster University found men using methadone have significantly suppressed testosterone levels, and about a quarter of the ...

Methadone treatment reduces testosterone in men   Hamilton Spectator
Methadone Causing Low Testosterone in Male Patients   Net Newsledger
Low dose of opioids including methadone effective for treatment of testosterone ...   News-Medical.net
CBC.ca   
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  Regina Leader-Post   
Union, health regions back at the table  Regina Leader-Post
As the Health Sciences Association of Saskatchewan (HSAS) and Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations (SAHO) head back to the bargaining table, the union is raising a red flag about health regions' plans to cut work hours in the event of job ...

Health union reminds employers to follow Sask. labour laws   CBC.ca
Health Regions plan to break law, fires union   Globalnews.ca
HSAS: Health regions poised to break essential services law in Sask.   News Talk 650 CKOM
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  CHCH News   
Public health issues second advisory after blue-green algae spreads through ...  Hamilton Spectator
Public health officials have issued their second advisory in two weeks over the spreading and potentially toxic blue-green algae at Hamilton Harbour. On Tuesday, officials again warned residents and visitors to avoid swimming or wading near the shoreline ...

Latest algae bloom warning   AM900 CHML
Blue-green algae advisory in Hamilton   CHCH News
Stay away from west Hamilton harbour's 'green scum': Public Health   CBC.ca

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  Net Newsledger   
3 step approach to improving Canada's healthcare system  Troy Media
Mark-Taliano TORONTO, ON, Aug 26, 2014/ Troy Media/ – It should come as no surprise that many Canadians support the accelerating corporatization of universal healthcare. It's the (only) answer, we are told, to the demands of an aging population.
Doctor's prognosis: American-style health care a nightmare   TheChronicleHerald.ca
Health-care reform deserves 'adult conversation'   CBC.ca
Canadians Ambivalent About Healthcare System   Net Newsledger

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