2015年4月7日 星期二

2015-04-08 Canada English Health


CTV News
   
Shoppers Drug Mart recalls expired Alesse 21 packages   
CTV News
Shoppers Drug Mart is recalling some packages of Alesse 21 birth control that expired last year, after it mistakenly dispensed the contraceptive to customers in Western Canada. Health Canada said efforts are being made to contact patients who may have ...

Pfizer says Shoppers Drug Mart acted quickly on expired birth control pills   News Talk 610 CKTB

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Toronto Star
   
Sick Kids reports 'extremely rare' case of boy who developed food allergy from ...   
Toronto Star
An 8-year-old patient at the Hospital for Sick Children who temporarily developed allergies to salmon and peanuts following blood transfusions presents an “extremely rare” case that would be hard to prevent without losing much-needed blood donors, experts ...

Food allergies 'can be passed on in blood transfusions'   Daily Mail
Case Report of Food Allergy Acquired Via Blood Transfusion   Doctors Lounge
Kids Can Get Food Allergies From Donated Blood   WebMD
Williams Lake Tribune   
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The Globe and Mail
   
BC seniors overmedicated, placed in care prematurely, advocate finds   
The Globe and Mail
Thousands of elderly people in B.C. may have been placed in residential care when they would be better off at home, are taking too much medication, particularly antidepressants, and are not getting the rehabilitative therapy they need, B.C.'s seniors' ...

Too many B.C. seniors stuck in care facilities, says report   The Province
BC seniors' advocate says psychotic drugs being prescribed without diagnosis   Times Colonist
Too many BC seniors on meds: report   24 Hours Vancouver
Globalnews.ca   
CTV Vancouver Island   
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Montreal Gazette
   
Concerns raised over patient call bells at new MUHC site   
Montreal Gazette
Dr. Jean-Marc Troquet, right, chief of emergency medicine at the adult site, and Patricia Rose, who co-chair the adult patient transfer coordination committee, speak at an MUHC technical briefing at the Royal Victoria Hospital on Tuesday. John Kenney ...

As Royal Victoria prepares move, MUHC says problems will be fixed   CTV News
MUHC superhospital move means uncertainty for expectant parents   CBC.ca
MUHC prepares for this month's big move   CJAD
Globalnews.ca   
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London Community News
   
United Way announces new Campaign Chair   
London Community News
Anna Iacobelli may have some big shoes to fill, but says she's up for the challenge of becoming the United Way's Campaign Chair for 2015. next play/pause pre 1/1. London Community News. By Whitney South. It may be a big seat to fill, but the United Way ...

TD's Anna Iacobelli Named United Way 2015 Campaign Chair   Am980 London News
United Way Announces 2015 Campaign Chair   BlackburnNews.com

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Toronto Sun
   
Man who sold pot from sex store to support autistic son closes up shop   
Toronto Sun
WOODSTOCK, Ont. — While awaiting sentencing for selling marijuana to his Woodstock sex store customers, Jim Bender has closed his shop and left town to better care for his autistic son. Bender, 50, pleaded guilty in April 2014 to selling marijuana from ...

News Woodstock & Region   Woodstock Sentinel Review

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Winnipeg Free Press
   
Once an afterthought in trial planning, Guinea may provide Ebola vaccine answers   
Winnipeg Free Press
TORONTO - When research teams planning clinical trials of Ebola vaccines were divvying up West Africa last fall, no one wanted Guinea. Six months later the last player chosen seems likely to be the only one capable of crossing the finish line. The best hope ...

Ebola Vaccine 2015: Guinea Seen As Best Hope For Preventative Drug Trials ...   International Business Times

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Voice of America
   
Common Cough Medicine Ingredient May Treat Diabetes   
Voice of America
An active ingredient in common cough medicine has been shown to reduce blood sugar levels in both humans and mice, indicating that it could someday be used to treat diabetes. The ingredient, dextromethorphan, is in many syrups and tablets that suppress ...

Dumbarton cyclist Chris to take on endurance ride of his life for diabetes charity   The Dumbarton and Vale of Leven Reporter

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National Post
   
Last month of life costs health-care system $14K on average: report   
National Post
The average person generates $14,000 in health-care costs during the last 30 days of his or her life, often receiving high-impact hospital treatment that may only make their passing more difficult, concludes a new Canadian study. The landmark research, a ...


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Toronto Star
   
Door-to-door service a lifeline for patients   
Toronto Star
Active and still working, Doris Ashe was 63 when she was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a form of cancer that starts in the bone marrow's plasma cells. “I thought I'd been handed my papers,” she says. That was in 2007, and Ashe, a retired nurse living in ...

WEAVA 2015 – Canadian Cancer Society   Windsor Star (blog)
April is Daffodil Month   Canada NewsWire (press release)
Cancer society hopes to see increase in annual daffodil campaign   London Community News

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