2015年5月18日 星期一

2015-05-19 Canada English Health


Windsor Star
   
ERs in pediatric hospitals struggle under big non-urgent caseload   
Windsor Star
A sign directing visitors to the emergency department is shown at the Childrens Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Friday, May 15, 2015 in Ottawa. A tally done by the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario found that roughly 45 per cent of the 72,500 kids who were ...

Pediatric ERs to parents: Take non-urgent cases to walk-in clinics, family practices   CTV News

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CBC.ca
   
Whistler Blackcomb to ban smoking   
Whistler Question
Whistler Blackcomb will be encouraging its guests and staff to butt out with a new no smoking policy that's set to take effect on May 31. Coinciding with World No Tobacco Day, WB officials announced that the ban will include all of its property — from lift lines to ...

Whistler Blackcomb Announces Smoke Free Policy   The Whistler News
Whistler Blackcomb resort bans smoking, including marijuana, everywhere on its ...   Vancouver Sun
Whistler Blackcomb Holdings Given Consensus Rating of "Buy" by Brokerages ...   Mideast Time
Am730 Vancouver Traffic News   
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National Post
   
Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk thanks public for 'outpouring of support ...   
National Post
TORONTO — Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk is thanking the public for their support in what he calls the “biggest battle” of his life — his urgent public appeal for a liver transplant. Eugene Melnyk receives 'huge response' for liver transplant, could ...

Eugene Melnyk thanks public for 'outpouring of support'   CTV News

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Toronto Sun
   
Health officials watching for ticks in TO   
Toronto Sun
Lyme disease isn't a ticking time-bomb in the city, insist Toronto Public Health officials. As the weather becomes warmer and tick season begins, the health department said it will “monitor” the situation after black-legged ticks were found in Rouge Valley in ...

Large increase in the local tick population in Siskiyou County   Mount Shasta Herald
Victoria Day 2015: The unofficial start to tick season   CBC.ca
Lyme disease: What you should know   Simcoe.com

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Guelph Mercury
   
New kind of lens implant will mean perfect vision, Canadian inventor says   
Guelph Mercury
Optometrist Garth Webb shows on a fingertip one of the artificial lenses he has developed. Webb says they will make eyeglasses and contact lenses obsolete. next play/pause pre 1/1. Guelph Mercury. By Camille Bains. VANCOUVER — Imagine being able to ...

Bionic Lens will mean perfect vision, Canadian inventor says   Hamilton Spectator
Bionic Lens will mean perfect vision, Canadian...   HamiltonNews (press release) (registration)

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Edmonton Sun
   
Last flu season deadliest on record in Alberta   
Edmonton Sun
flu shot Luke Hendry/QMI Agency. Article. Change text size for the story; Print this story. Report an error. Although more people are getting immunized, last flu season in Alberta was the deadliest on record, with over double the amount of flu related deaths.
Flu-related deaths in Alberta for 2014-15 season a record 103   Digital Journal
Flu deaths in Alberta highest on record: AHS   CBC.ca
Over 100 influenza-related deaths in Alberta during 2014-15 season   CTV News
Edmonton Journal   
Globalnews.ca   
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CNET
   
Goldfish have a better attention span than you, smartphone user   
CNET
A study from Microsoft claims mobile devices have shortened the average human attention span to just eight...SQUIRREL! by Danny Gallagher · @thisisdannyg; May 18, 2015 1:25 PM PDT. facebook. twitter. linkedin. googleplus. email. comments. Of all the ...

Microsoft: Average Human Attention Span is Eight Seconds   iDigitalTimes.com
Study: Technology Use is Reducing Our Attention Spans   Techlicious (blog)
Is Digital Making Us Dumber?   Good E-Reader (blog)
BGR India   
Engadget   
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Nelson Star
   
Nelson family completes pilgrimage   
Nelson Star
Robert Goertz embraces his 12-year-old daughter Talia after the pair completed a 241-kilometre relay intended to raise awareness and funds for the Shriners. — image credit: Will Johnson photo. In the moments before B.C. Finance Minister Mike De Jong ...

BC provides $250K boost for Shriners Care for Kids transportation   The Castlegar Source
$250000 to Help Sick BC Kids Get to Treatment   KelownaNow
Shriners get a boost   Castanet.net

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Castanet.net
   
Medical pot at school?   
Castanet.net
Michael Wileniec used to walk across the street from his Saskatoon high school several times a day and hang out with the rest of the smokers, although he was the only one puffing on prescribed medical marijuana. His routine ended earlier this year when ...

Saskatchewan student files human rights case over school's ban on medical pot   Yahoo News Canada (blog)
Michael Wileniec, Saskatchewan Student Files Human Rights Complaint Over ...   Huffington Post Canada

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Theravance's velusetrag performs well in gastroparesis study (TBPH)   
Seeking Alpha
A 34-subject Phase 2 clinical trial, Study 0093, evaluating Theravance Biopharma's (TBPH -2%) velusetrag (TD-5108) for the treatment of patients with diabetic or idiopathic (cause unknown) gastroparesis showed three doses of velusetrag reduced gastric ...

Theravance Biopharma Presents Positive Phase 2 Study Data on Velusetrag ...   Digital Journal
Theravance Biopharma (TBPH) Will Present Significant TD-5108 Phase 2 Data ...   StreetInsider.com

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