2015年5月6日 星期三

2015-05-07 Canada English Health


BBC News
   
Smartphone 'scans' blood for parasites   
BBC News
A smartphone has been used to automatically detect wriggling parasites in blood samples. The CellScope system films a drop of blood and an app then automatically analyses any movement in the sample to detect the parasites. The results, published in ...

How scientists are using smartphones to target diseases in hard-to-reach areas   CTV News
Berkeley Researchers Develop Microscope That Uses Smartphone Camera To ...   CBS Local
Your iPhone Can Now Tell If You Have a Parasite   TIME

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Fox News
   
People want radiology reports, discussions with docs   
Fox News
Most patients want to receive imaging results directly from the doctor who sent them for scans, but many also want to see their radiology reports, a survey finds. "These days, patients like to have access to the medical information that informs their care, and the ...


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Montreal Gazette
   
Bar owner raps plan to ban patio smoking   
TheChronicleHerald.ca
The owner of more than 40 bars and restaurants is predicting business will drop by as much as 15 per cent if Quebec goes ahead with a bill to ban smoking on outdoor patios. Bill 44 comes a decade after Quebec first prohibited smoking inside eating and ...

Letters: Non-smokers just want to breathe clean air   Montreal Gazette
Bar owner says Quebec bill banning patio smoking will hurt business   The Chronicle Journal

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The Globe and Mail
   
Windsor-area maternity ward adopts inventive approach to keep rural birthing ...   
The Globe and Mail
The maternity ward at the only hospital in the southern Ontario town of Leamington is one step closer to staying open – part of the time, at least – after the area's health authority endorsed pursuing an inventive “turn-on-the-lights” approach to save money at ...

Erie St. Clair Local Health Integration Network moves forward with proposed ...   CTV News
Leamington's obstetrics unit approved, funding plan needed   CBC.ca

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CTV News
   
New study shows costs of smoking on health-care system   
CTV News
A new study shows how much smokers are taxing our health care system. The University of Manitoba says the province spends an additional $244 million on health care for smokers per year. The study compared two similar groups of people. One group that ...

Smoking costs Manitoba $244M per year: study   CBC.ca
Smoking costs Manitoba health system $244 million a year: U of M study   MyToba
Smoking doesn't kill — it just makes life miserable   Winnipeg Sun
Globalnews.ca   
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CBC.ca
   
Majority of transgender youth in Canada have harmed themselves, study says ...   
CBC.ca
More than half of transgender youth in Canada have harmed themselves due to issues like cyberbullying and harassment, but strong family and community connections could help them navigate these physical and mental health challenges, says a new ...

Most Transgender Youth In Canada Self-Harm, Consider Suicide, Study   Huffington Post Canada
Majority of transgender youth have harmed themselves, UBC study finds   Vancouver Sun

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CTV News
   
New Saskatchewan law to allow patients to pay for MRI scans out-of-pocket   
CTV News
REGINA -- Saskatchewan's health minister says proposed legislation aimed at reducing wait times would allow patients to pay out-of-pocket for MRI scans. Dustin Duncan said Wednesday that the regulations could make MRI scans available at private clinics ...

Saskatchewan aims to become latest province to offer private MRI scans   Saskatoon StarPhoenix

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BlackburnNews.com
   
Police looking for unused, expired drugs   
Waterloo Record
WATERLOO REGION — If you have drugs in your medicine cabinet, Waterloo Regional Police wants them. Prescription drugs that is. Waterloo Regional Police is participating in the National Prescription Drug Drop-off Day on Saturday. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., ...

Drop-off scheduled for old prescription drugs   TheChronicleHerald.ca
Prescription Drug Drop-off Day Saturday   Orillia Packet & Times

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Windsor Star
   
Cross training a key part of a runner's regimen   
Windsor Star
Elise Yanover trains in the basement of her Toronto home on Sunday, May 3, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darren Calabrese. Share. Comments Email. Lauren La Rose, The Canadian Press | May 06, 2015 | Last Updated: May 06, 2015 - 8:00 UTC.

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St. Catharines Standard
   
Mental health system is transforming says Katsof   
St. Catharines Standard
For several years, the mantra from the mental health community has been the same: fight the stigma. The campaigns to destigmatise mental health — including the Shatter the Stigma/Mend the Mind effort run annually by Pathstone Mental Health in Niagara ...

A Slick focus on youth mental health   Visalia Times-Delta
Children's Mental Health Week events being held throughout area May 3-9   Collingwood Enterprise Bulletin
Ontario youth wait a year or more for mental health care: report   Toronto Star

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