2014年11月27日 星期四

2014-11-28 Canada English Health

  Digital Journal   
Teens who suffer concussions more likely to use alcohol, drugs  Digital Journal
Research published in the Journal of Head Trauma Rehabilitation found that teenagers who've had a concussion or traumatic brain injury (TBI) are more likely to use alcohol or drugs than teens who have not had a TBI. The numbers are alarming.
Teens with concussion history may be more likely to use drugs, alcohol   CBC.ca
Teens with brain injury twice as likely to try drugs   Sun News Network

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  Mashable   
Federal government asks health workers to volunteer in West Africa (with video)  Ottawa Citizen
While her friends and family are celebrating Christmas in Canada, Ottawa's Lindsay Jones will be in the epicentre of the Ebola crisis, offering support to those who have been touched by the deadliest outbreak of the virus in history. The timing is deliberate.
Canadian Forces medical team to treat health-care workers in Sierra Leone, but ...   Toronto Star
Canadian Forces medical team to be deployed to Ebola-plagued Sierra Leone   National Post
Aust team heads to Africa to fight Ebola   Sky News Australia
The Globe and Mail   
Toronto Sun   
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  CBC.ca   
Health Canada grants Aphria licence to grow and sell marijuana  The Globe and Mail (subscription)
Health Canada has expanded its roster of licensed medical marijuana companies, adding Aphria Inc. to the list of firms that can grow and sell the drug to patients. The company was granted its permit Thursday, bringing the total number of licensed medical ...

Health Canada clamps down on medical marijuana advertising   CBC.ca
Canadian Feds Don't Like How Medical Marijuana Is Being Promoted   io9
Health Canada warns medical marijuana producers to follow ad rules   Toronto Sun
Brandon Sun   
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  BBC News   
Ebola vaccine 'promising' say scientists after human trial  BBC News
The first human trial of an experimental vaccine against Ebola suggests that it is safe and may help the immune system to combat the virus. Twenty volunteers were immunised in the United States. Scientists at the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) ...

Experimental Ebola vaccine draws eager test volunteers   Los Angeles Times
Ebola outbreak: volunteers vaccinated in Halifax experiment   CBC.ca
US scientists develop Ebola vaccine   DAWN.com
Irish Examiner   
Diabetes Insider   
CTV News   
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  Vancouver Sun   
Facing fines, Fraser Health calls on surgeons to speed up wait times  The Globe and Mail
Fraser Health has directed surgeons to reassess patients who have been waiting more than 40 weeks for surgery, in part to avoid financial penalties that kick in if waiting periods last more than 52 weeks. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF), which ...

Fraser Health asks surgeons to clear patient backlog   Vancouver Sun
Fraser Health has 649 cases where wait time exceeds one year   Globalnews.ca
Fraser Health Authority calls on doctors to accelerate surgeries to avoid $2.5 ...   The Province
News1130   
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  National Post   
Want to live longer? Put less food on your plate and consider a 'feast and famine ...  National Post
Most humans nowadays don't live much like our prehistoric forebears. We, especially in the West, tend to live sedentary lives in front of computer screens, rather than active ones hunting game and gathering wild fruit. Our health is more likely to be at risk from ...

If you want to live longer, eat smaller plates of food   New Zealand Herald

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  CBC.ca   
Ebola test on Calgary patient likely to be negative, AHS official says  CBC.ca
A patient at the South Health Campus being tested for Ebola is extremely unlikely to have the disease, says a senior official. 'I implore you to not speculate.' - medical officer Dr. Richard Musto. The woman, who recently arrived from one of the three countries in ...

Officials urge 'Ebola' reality check, after woman quarantined in Calgary   Globalnews.ca
Unknown illness prompts partial shutdown of Calgary hospital emergency room   Winnipeg Free Press
AHS says patient being tested has low risk for Ebola   660 News
CTV News   
KelownaNow   
Calgary Sun   
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  CBC.ca   
Dan Florizone named new president of Saskatoon Health Region  CBC.ca
Dan Florizone has been named as the new president of the Saskatoon Health Region. He takes over the post in January. Florizone is currently the Deputy Education Minister and Deputy Minister Responsible for Lean. He has also spent decades in health ...

Saskatoon Health Region hires new CEO   News Talk 650 CKOM
Saskatoon Health Region hires new boss   Globalnews.ca
Health region hires deputy Lean minister as CEO   CTV News
Saskatoon StarPhoenix   
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  CBC.ca   
Montreal woman in elderly care centre not bathed in a tub in 9 months  CBC.ca
Quebec Health Minister Gaétan Barrette says some policies in elder care facilities may have to be changed after learning that an 85-year-old woman in Montreal has not been given a bath in nine months, and has only received a sponge bath once a week.
Family complains that 85-year-old woman has never been bathed at CHSLD   CTV News
Woman in seniors home hasn't been given a bath in 9 months   CJAD

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  CTV News   
'Curious' workers fired for sneaking looks at 112 private e-health records  CTV News
VICTORIA - Vancouver Island's health authority has fired two employees it says peaked at patients' private health files to satisfy their personal curiosity. Island Health says it investigated after receiving allegations in early October that staff members were ...

Two employees dismissed for unauthorized viewing of 112 health records   CBC.ca
Two Island Health nurses spied on patient files for 'curiosity'   Times Colonist
Privacy breach at Island Health   Campbell River Mirror
KelownaNow   
Parksville Qualicum Beach News   
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