2015年5月13日 星期三

2015-05-14 Canada English Health


BBC News
   
Palm 'holds secrets of future health'   
BBC News
The chances of having a heart attack, stroke or dying young may be hidden in the palm of the hand, a study suggests. A trial on nearly 140,000 people in 14 countries, published in the Lancet, suggests grip strength is better than blood pressure at predicting ...

Weak handgrip a marker of disease mortality, study says   CBC.ca
Why a weak handshake is bad news for your heart   New Zealand Herald
Can a Weak Grip Predict Heart Disease?   NBCNews.com
Yahoo News   
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Calgary Herald
   
Provinces move to fill void on e-cigarette regulation as feds study issue   
Calgary Herald
Daryl Cura demonstrates an e-cigarette at Vape store in Chicago on April 23, 2014. Come May 31st, vapers won't be able to use their electronic cigarettes in indoor public spaces in Nova Scotia, and under-18s in that province won't be able to buy them.
Reader's view: Minnesota's tobacco tax deserves support   Duluth News Tribune

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Ottawa Citizen
   
CHEO planning cuts to nursing staff   
Ottawa Citizen
The Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario has plans to cut more than two dozen nursing positions, but says it hopes it can save some of those jobs by the time it makes a final decision in late summer. The current plan would call for a reduction of 27 full-time ...

CHEO emergency room program wants parents to consider alternatives   CBC.ca
CHEO launches new program to save their ER for emergencies   580 CFRA Radio

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The Globe and Mail
   
Quebec to track, study use of medicinal marijuana   
The Globe and Mail
Researchers in Quebec have launched a registry of medicinal cannabis users to determine the safety of the drug and its effectiveness in treating a variety of diseases and conditions. The Quebec Cannabis Registry will be used to compile and store clinical ...

B.C. college of physicians warned new rules for medicinal marijuana could spark ...   Straight.com
Activist calls Quebec's Cannabis Registry a form of medical extortion   Globalnews.ca
Photograph by: Oleksiy Mark , Getty Images/iStockphoto   Vancouver Sun

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MetroNews Canada
   
Halton cop saves newborn boy with CPR in back of police cruiser   
MetroNews Canada
It was a crisp, windy Sunday in Oakville, and Kelly Bragg was out grocery shopping with her 2-year-old daughter Mya and newborn son Evan. Shortly before she set off from home, her husbandMichael had asked if she needed help with 6-week-old Evan.
Constable hailed as hero for reviving baby   CBC.ca
Police officer saves newborn baby's life with parking lot CPR   CTV News
Officer who saved Oakville baby said call was scariest of his career   InsideHalton.com

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CTV News
   
Ombudsman's probe finds Sask. long-term care homes under strain   
CTV News
REGINA -- The family of a 74-year-old woman whose death raised questions about long-term care in Saskatchewan hopes her case will help protect vulnerable seniors. Leanna Macfarlane said she was relieved that an ombudsman's investigation confirmed ...

Family reacts to report on mom's death   Regina Leader-Post

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Toronto Star
   
Ontario home care to see $750M in improvements   
Toronto Star
Sick Ontarians receiving home care will have more say in choosing their own health-care providers and in deciding when visits will happen under new reforms aimed at bolstering the floundering sector. The measures, unveiled Wednesday by Health Minister ...

New money and initiatives for home health care   Windsor Star (blog)
Home care roadmap: Strong on ideas, short on details   NorthernLife.ca
Reevely: Ontario's health minister promises to fix creaky home-care system ...   Ottawa Citizen

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CBC.ca
   
Hannah Day, 5, has relapsed and will 'die at home', says devastated mom   
CBC.ca
Hannah Day, of Victoria, B.C., who was thought to have overcome both stomach cancer and leukemia during her short life, has relapsed and will die at home, says her devastated mother. "It just all came crashing down, it's like, 'This is real, like, this is really ...

Greater Victoria girl who beats cancer twice sees it return   Vancouver Sun
Vancouver Island family prepares to say goodbye to five-year-old Hannah Day   The Province

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ABC News
   
Former Toronto Mayor Ford Undergoes Surgery to Remove Tumor   
ABC News
Doctors have removed a cancerous tumor from former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's abdomen and he has regained consciousness after an intensive surgery that kept him under anesthesia for about 10 hours, his chief of staff said late Monday. "There were no ...

Brother Doug to cover Rob Ford's absence in Etobicoke North   insideTORONTO.com
Rob Ford on mend after cancer surgery   Toronto Sun
Rob Ford doing well after surgery but in lots of pain   Toronto Star

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Researchers map evolution of Ebola in Sierra Leone   
Business Standard
Chinese researchers have detected increased genetic diversity in Ebola virus collected in Sierra Leone, providing an insight into how the virus has evolved, media reported on Thursday. Wu-Chun Cao and colleagues from the State Key Laboratory of ...


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