2015年8月10日 星期一

2015-08-11 Canada English Health


CTV News
   
Rising diabetes, obesity rates putting ethnic groups' heart health at risk: study   
CTV News
TORONTO -- Steadily rising rates of obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure over the last decade have dramatically increased the risk of heart attacks and strokes among some groups of ethnic Canadians, researchers say. An Ontario study determined ...
Rising diabetes, obesity rates may put ethnic groups' heart health at risk   CBC.ca
Heart disease risk soars among South Asian males, black men and women   Waterloo Record

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The Globe and Mail
   
Take the vapours: London bar offers patrons breathable alcohol   
The Globe and Mail
Britons are buzzing over a temporary entry in the capital's already saturated drinking scene: breathable booze. The pop-up bar, Alcoholic Architecture, uses a humidifier to pump a gin and tonic vapour into an enclosed space. Patrons absorb their ...

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Bulletin Leader
   
ACHD to be distributing rabies vaccine bait this week throughout county   
South Pittsburgh Reporter
The Allegheny County Health Department (ACHD) will conduct its annual raccoon rabies baiting program through August 14. ACHD employees will be identified as part of the “Rabies Control Team” with signage on their vehicles and on their t-shirts. Nearly ...

Bait containing rabies vaccine to be dropped by plane in NB   CTV News
Province spending $600K on rabies vaccination in Charlotte County   Bulletin Leader
Rabies Vaccine Bait Program to Start Soon   ErieTVNews

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CTV News
   
Depressed teens at risk of early heart disease, say doctors   
CTV News
Teens suffering from depression and bipolar disorder need to be monitored for early heart disease because their mental illness puts them at risk for many of the conditions that lead to a damaged heart. In a new scientific statement, the American Heart ...

Depressed adolescents face increased heart disease risk   Reuters
Taking Women's Health to Heart: Column   USA TODAY
Screen Depressed Teens for Heart Disease, Experts Say   NBCNews.com
Science World Report   
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Vancouver Sun
   
UBC scientists find gene that could be a cause of obesity   
Vancouver Sun
VANCOUVER — A gene present in every cell of the human body could be one of the root causes of obesity, according to a study from scientists at the University of B.C.. Experiments with mice revealed a 50-per-cent reduction in unhealthy “white fat” when ...
UBC scientists discover gene that could be cause of obesity   MetroNews Canada
UBC scientists discover possible 'obesity gene'   Canada News
LISTEN: UBC scientists say they've found 'obesity gene'   CKNW News Talk 980
News1130   
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CBC.ca
   
Fentanyl warnings posted by Insite in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside   
CBC.ca
Insite, Vancouver's safe injection site, is putting up posters in the Downtown Eastside to warn potential users of street drugs laced with fentanyl. The warning comes on the heels of a dramatic spike of 16 suspected overdoses on Sunday alone and ...
Fentanyl users require larger doses of overdose antidote   Vancouver Sun
Pink heroin laced with fentanyl blamed for 16 overdoses   The Province
Fentanyl suspected in sudden spike in Vancouver overdoses   The Globe and Mail
myCentralOregon.com   
CTV News   
Globalnews.ca   
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Zambia Daily Mail
   
BC study finds making methadone accessible slashes HIV transmission   
Vancouver Sun
VANCOUVER - Increasing access to methadone treatment through primary-care doctors and pharmacies significantly cuts the spread of HIV, according to research involving Vancouver residents addicted to opioids. Injection drug users who were not ...

Methadone reduces HIV risk: Vancouver study   24 Hours Vancouver
Methadone therapy cuts HIV-infection rates: study   Vanderhoof Omineca Express

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Engadget
   
Researchers find that people with epilepsy process music differently   
Engadget
A team at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center may have just uncovered the most unexpected side-effect associated with epilepsy -- musical brainwave synchronization. The idea for the research came to Christine Charyton, PHD, while ...

Music May Help Treat Epilepsy Someday   Gizmodo
Music may benefit people with epilepsy   Examiner.com
Music may help treat people with epilepsy: study   Times of India
Science World Report   
Toronto Star   
AmeriPublications   
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CTV News
   
Children's Hospital to go on hiring blitz over NICU shortage   
CTV News
The Montreal's Children's Hospital is on a hiring blitz of neonatal nurses after recognizing a critical shortage in the NICU. More than 20 positions are open. The hiring should be completed by the fall. NICU nurses at the new Montreal Children's ...
MUHC neonatal nurses say staffing shortage puts babies at risk   CBC.ca
Neonatal nurses cry for help   Montreal Gazette
Night nurse cares for tiny patients at SMH   Sarasota Herald-Tribune
Observer News   
CJAD   
OR-Politics.com   
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Toronto Star
   
NDPs, PCs slam health ministry over cuts to 50 medical residencies   
Toronto Star
Plans to cut 50 Ontario residencies for doctors-in-training have critics worried and slamming the Liberal's healthcare decisions. In the wake of a Sunday Star story revealing that the Ministry of Health and Long-term Care would be slashing residencies ...
OMA slams cuts to Ontario medical residency places   Hamilton Spectator
Medical residency cuts a misguided attempt to control deficit   Toronto Sun

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