2014年11月23日 星期日

2014-11-24 Canada English Health


Sierra Express Media
   
Ban to take up fight against Ebola with heads of all UN organizations   
Sierra Express Media
20 November 2014 – On the eve of a meeting of United Nations agency chiefs to discuss ways to jointly tackle the Ebola outbreak, the World Bank reported today Liberia's labour sector has suffered a huge blow since the start of the crisis, as a “massive effort” ...

Ebola outbreak: results uneven, UN chief says   CBC.ca
Ebola pandemic death toll closes on 5500 as contagion spreads in Mali   Examiner.com
United Nations Warns Ebola Still Far From Over   NDTV
Nigerian Tribune   
Sin Chew Jit Poh   
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Meditate on this to jumpstart your immune system   
The Globe and Mail
If you're at all like me, you dread getting sick. I'm just not very good at lying around for days feeling as if I've been run over by a truck. So I'm all about trying not to get sick in the first place. As a researcher at SickKids Hospital in Toronto, I have to get a flu shot.

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OurWindsor.ca
   
Guelph HIV/AIDS awareness events lead up to World AIDS Day   
Guelph Mercury
GUELPH — A local HIV/AIDs organization is hosting a series of events this week, leading up to World AIDS Day on Friday, Dec. 1, to raise awareness of the disease and the stigma people living with it face. HIV/AIDS Resources and Community Health Guelph ...

HIV prevention drug Truvada focus of controversy   Toronto Star
New campaign launched to raise awareness of HIV testing   Daily Echo
Canada begins trialling HIV prevention drug Truvada   PinkNews

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The Atlantic
   
Vancouver Experiments With Prescription Heroin   
The Atlantic
Back to The Wire What is The Wire? The Wire features the latest news coverage from The Atlantic. Vancouver Experiments With Prescription Heroin. Will it work? Matt Schiavenza Nov 23 2014, 1:18 PM ET. Facebook; Twitter; LinkedIn; Google+; Email · Print ...

Vancouver addicts soon to receive prescription heroin   The Globe and Mail
Prescription heroin soon to available from Vancouver addictions clinic   The Province
Prescription heroin to hit Vancouver streets in a first for North America   Straight.com
The Independent   
RT   
UPI.com   
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The News International
   
COPD: The common, deadly and often overlooked illness   
The Globe and Mail
There are diseases that make the news and those we never hear about. But ignorance is certainly not bliss. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or COPD, is a progressive illness characterized by lung damage that makes it increasingly difficult to breathe.
Chronic cough may be Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease symptom   Deccan Chronicle
7m asthma patients in Pakistan   The News International
Health Hub: Watch out for shortness of breath   The Hindu
Jamaica Observer   
Times of Malta   
KCWY 13 Where News Comes First   
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CBC.ca
   
Manitoba vet critical of feds' $200M mental health pledge   
CBC.ca
A Manitoba veteran is questioning the timing and motives behind the federal government's Sunday announcement it will be pledging $200 million to mental health services for veterans and military personnel. Mental health in the Canadian military: Feds to ...

Feds to spend $200 million on improving mental health assistance to soldiers   Winnipeg Sun

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CBC.ca
   
Insulin pumps may risk tubing detachment, Health Canada alerts users   
CBC.ca
Some insulin pump users are warned there's a risk the tubing may detach in certain sets, Health Canada says. The regulator and Unomedical flagged the potential safety issue Friday for certain models of infusion sets distributed by Medtronic of Canada, ...

Information Update - Urgent safety information for insulin pump users   DigitalJournal.com
Health Canada Issues Insulin Pump Safety Warning   KelownaNow
Some insulin pumps may have faulty tubing connector, can detach: Health Canada   mysask.com

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InsideHalton.com
   
Juravinski procedure cuts chemo wait times   
InsideHalton.com
Hamilton Health Sciences has been recognized for its innovation in improving care for patients requiring a line to be inserted for delivering chemotherapy and other medications to the body. Sandra Hughes holds a syringe attached to a PICC line she had just ...


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The Province
   
Tsawwassen family pins hopes for 18-year-old leukemia patient on costly ...   
The Province
Still a teenager, Kyle McConkey has already endured two transplants in his ongoing battle with leukemia. Now his Tsawwassen family are pinning their hopes on a last-ditch experimental treatment available only in Seattle. The hitch: It's not insured, and it will ...

Teenager with leukemia hopes to afford last-ditch treatment in America   Globalnews.ca

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Counsel & Heal
   
Pregnant Women Taking Anti HIV Medication Risk Damaging Children's Heart   
Counsel & Heal
Anti HIV medication can lead to child health damage when mothers take them before or during pregnancy. (Photo : Flickr/Emery Co Photo). Pregnant mothers taking HIV medication to prevent fetal transmission, increase the risk of heart damage in children.
Anti-HIV drugs may damage unborn babies' hearts   Business Standard
Anti-HIV drugs can affect unborn babies' hearts   Zee News
Anti-HIV meds can cause damage to fetal hearts   Toronto Sun

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