2014年12月23日 星期二

2014-12-24 Canada English Health


Channel News Asia
   
peacekeeper serving in Liberia recovers from Ebola   
Xinhua
UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- A UN peacekeeper serving in the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) has recovered from Ebola and he "will resume duties while receiving psychological counseling and close monitoring," a UN spokesman told reporters ...

First conviction in Sierra Leone under Ebola laws   Daily Mail
Dear Diary: Today I tackled Ebola in Sierra Leone   The Globe and Mail
Christmas Lockdown Feels Too Familiar to Ebola Pioneer   Businessweek
Nigerian Tribune   
The Daily Star   
Huffington Post   
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Minneapolis Star Tribune
   
FDA Easing Ban on Gays, to Let Some Give Blood   
New York Times
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration announced Tuesday that it would scrap a decades-old lifetime prohibition on blood donation by gay and bisexual men, a major stride toward ending what many had seen as a national policy of ...

Why Even A 12-Month Ban On Blood Donations From Gay Men Makes No Sense   Huffington Post
Gay US blood donor ban 'should end'   BBC News
FDA eases 31-year ban on blood donations from gay men   Reuters
Irish Independent   
Windy City Times   
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National Post
   
Jennifer Sygo: No matter if it's grass-fed, gluten-free or organic, rich foods pack a ...   
National Post
'Tis the season — for parties, cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, and of course, shortbread. And pie. And egg nog. Oh, egg nog! And don't forget the stuffing. And hot chocolate! So good! Basically, it's the season for overeating as sport, nibbling semi-consciously, and ...

Here's What 200 Calories of All Your Christmas Food Looks Like, Sorry to Break ...   Bustle
How to survive the holidays without gaining weight   The Suburban Newspaper
How to avoid holiday weight gain   YorkRegion.com
The Weather Channel   
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National Post
   
Viewers should be skeptical of advice on TV medical talk shows like Dr. Oz and ...   
National Post
EDMONTON — Medical researchers at the University of Alberta has two words of advice about the recommendations on medical talk shows: be skeptical. In a new study in the British Medical Journal, they found only one-third of the recommendations on Dr.
Study: Dr. Oz recommendations wrong more than half the time   Digital Journal
Be wary of advice from TV doctors, U of A study says   Saskatoon StarPhoenix
What Canadian doctors found when they studied Dr. Oz's health claims   Globalnews.ca
Independent Online   
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Montreal Gazette
   
How music can make surgery go with a swing   
Montreal Gazette
The prize for the year's most thought-provoking article in a learned journal must go to an editorial published last week in the British Medical Journal. It reviewed research on the music played in operating theatres, and made for fascinating reading. It appears ...


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Toronto Star
   
Court puts 6-month limit on detentions under...   
Cambridge Times
For nearly two decades, a deaf, mentally ill man has sat in an Ontario maximum security psychiatric institution, held under the province's Mental Health Act — a law never intended to permit long-term detention. Despite repeated, increasingly adamant ...

Court places six-month cap on involuntary detention of mental-health patients   The Globe and Mail

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Edmonton Journal
   
A little beer or wine may not add weight   
Edmonton Journal
Are beer bellies a real thing? Do social drinkers really carry around an extra five pounds of weight? I have avoided investigating the answers to this question for all my adult life — and all my years as a health reporter. Call it denial by someone who likes her ...


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CBC.ca
   
AHS contacts endoscopy patients after Peter Lougheed Centre problem   
CBC.ca
Thirty-five patients who underwent endoscopy examinations at the Peter Lougheed Centre have been contacted by Alberta Health Services as a precaution against possible blood-borne infection. The followups were ordered after a problem was discovered in ...

Health officials say risk of HIV infection low after equipment failure   Calgary Herald
Patients notified after problem with sterilization equipment at northeast hospital   CTV News
Patients at Peter Lougheed hospital may have been exposed to HIV and hepatitis   Globalnews.ca

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Toronto Star
   
SFU scientists help put bedbugs to bed forever   
Simon Fraser University News
The world owes a debt of gratitude to Simon Fraser University biologist Regine Gries. Her arms have provided a blood meal for more than a thousand bedbugs each week for five years while she and her husband, biology professor Gerhard Gries, searched ...

New breakthrough in the war against bed bugs   The Weather Network
Scientist endures 180000 bed bug bites to help develop trap   CTV News
SFU scientists find the bed bug's soft spot   Vancouver Sun
CBC.ca   
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Sun News Network
   
Avian flu infects small bird coop in British Columbia   
Sun News Network
VANCOUVER - The avian flu outbreak in B.C. has hit its first non-commercial site, infecting a small 85-bird operation. The new case is a small Aldergrove coop raising ducks, chickens, geese and turkeys, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has confirmed.
Bird flu spreads to backyard coop   24 Hours Vancouver
Avian flu virus found at non-commercial farm in Aldergrove, BC   CBC.ca
Avian flu spreads to first non-commercial backyard coop in BC   CTV News

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