2015年2月25日 星期三

2015-02-26 Canada English Health


Globalnews.ca
   
Ontario to fund expensive drug for rare, life-threatening illness   
The Globe and Mail
Ontario is expanding funding of one of the world's most expensive drugs to cover sufferers of a life-threatening genetic disease that damages vital organs, a move that counts as a victory for patients but raises questions about how provincial governments ...

Ontario to provide 'interim' funding for patients with ultra-rare disease   CTV News
Ontario to provide interim funding for costly drug used to treat rare condition   Winnipeg Free Press

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Hamilton Spectator
   
Official at Fla. spa Ont. girls attended ordered to stop practising medicine   
580 CFRA Radio
TORONTO - The director of a Florida health spa was ordered to stop practising medicine after a concerned citizen filed a complaint about an alternative cancer therapy two aboriginal girls received from the spa. The Florida Department of Health sent a letter ...

Owner of Florida health spa treating aboriginal girls ordered to cease practising   Toronto Star
Director of spa where aboriginal girls sought cancer treatment may be unlicensed   CTV News
Fine against head of US clinic that treated cancer-stricken Ontario girls just latest ...   National Post
CBC.ca   
Hamilton Spectator   
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Times LIVE
   
'Game changer' HIV pill could cut infection risk by 86%   
New Zealand Herald
Dr Michael Brady, medical director at the HIV/Aids charity Terrence Higgins Trust, said "PrEP is, quite simply, a game-changer". Photo / 123RF. A game-changing trial has shown that rates of HIV infection can be slashed by treating actively gay men with an ...

Wonder pill blocks HIV   Times LIVE
Week-on, weekend-off treatment controls viral load in young people   aidsmap
Offer all gay men HIV drugs: UK researchers   Toronto Sun
Vancouver Sun   
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CBC.ca
   
Harper unveils foreign vaccination funding, chides anti-vaxxers   
The Globe and Mail
Stephen Harper castigated Canadians who refuse to vaccinate their children as he announced $22.5-million in additional funding for inoculation programs in some of the world's poorest countries. The Prime Minister announced the new funding – $20-million ...

Stephen Harper announces $22.5M to boost inoculation programs in poorer ...   Toronto Star
Bill Gates on making global development a popular movement   Macleans.ca
Parents have responsibility to vaccinate children: Harper   Ottawa Citizen
CBC.ca   
NorthumberlandView.ca   
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CBC.ca
   
ADHD diagnosis can double risk of premature death, researchers say   
CBC.ca
People with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder are about twice as likely to die prematurely as those without the disorder, say researchers. Researchers followed 1.92 million Danes, including 32,000 with ADHD, from birth through to 2013. "In this nationwide ...

People with ADHD are 'twice as likely to die prematurely than those without the ...   Daily Mail
ADHD May Raise Odds for Premature Death   U.S. News & World Report
Got ADHD? You May Live a Shorter Life, Study Shows   NBCNews.com
New York Times (blog)   
Vox   
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MetroNews Canada
   
Medical marijuana business aims to help would-be patients get their pot   
Ottawa Citizen
A new business that's coming to Ottawa this spring is offering to help people get access to medical marijuana. But National Access Cannabis's arrival in the capital — part of an expansion across the country — isn't being welcomed by at least one future ...

Medical marijuana info storefront coming to Ottawa   580 CFRA Radio
Company to open medical marijuana support centres in Ottawa   Ottawa Sun
New medical marijuana centre opening up in Hintonburg   MetroNews Canada

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CBC.ca
   
Anti-thumb-sucking device almost kills North Bay boy   
CBC.ca
A North Bay, Ont., dentist has been handed a warning after a four-year-old patient nearly died. The Health Professions Appeal and Review Board's decision does not name the dentist. "Dr. H," as he's referred to, was standing in for a colleague on leave when ...

Dentist warned after child ends up in hospital   The North Bay Nugget
Anti-thumb-sucking device lands four-year-old boy in hospital   Toronto Sun

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CBC.ca
   
St. Paul's Hospital, First Memorial Funeral Services sued over handling of mom's ...   
CBC.ca
A brother and sister are taking a B.C. hospital and funeral home to court, alleging the body of their 95-year-old mother was picked up by a funeral services company without their consent and later had to be tracked down by another firm. James and Jacqueline ...

BC family sues funeral home, hospital over mother's missing body   Vancouver Sun
B.C. siblings sue over loss of mom's body   The Tri-City News

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Paris Star
   
HEALTH: Money to be used to provide care closer to home   
Paris Star
The provincial government is spending $28 million to help people with addictions and mental health problems get the care they need closer to home. As well, the government is creating a provincial registry to help those in crisis get the closest available mental ...

Province setting up mental health bed registry   The North Bay Nugget
Province injects $28 million into Mental Health and Addictions Services   570 News
Province Announces $28 Million Investment In Mental Health, Addiction Services   Am980 London News
NorthumberlandView.ca   
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CBC.ca
   
Abortion issue still flares in New Brunswick   
Williams Lake Tribune
FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government will leave it to its two health authorities to ensure abortion services are available, the province's attorney general said Wednesday. Serge Rousselle was asked whether he believes the level of abortion access ...

New Brunswick group upset only two cities to offer publicly funded abortions   660 News

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