2015年8月17日 星期一

2015-08-18 Canada English Health


The Globe and Mail
   
Chronic lung disease tied to higher risk for falls: study   
The Globe and Mail
Older people with a common lung disease are more likely to suffer from falls if they also have other medical problems, previous tumbles or a longer history of smoking, a recent study suggests. Researchers focused on 41 people around 71 years old with ...

No Evidence to Support Widespread Screening for COPD: Experts   Philly.com

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Toronto Star
   
Family reeling after boy, 1, inflicted with potentially fatal Hi bacteria   
Toronto Star
The tune of Mark Ronson's summer jam Uptown Funk rang in Sara Gregory and Anita Evans' ears as their Canada Day celebrations came to a close. It was all thanks to their friend Rachel Faria's son Ethan. Thirteen months old, he was obsessed with the tune ...

15-month-old with rare infection fights for his life in Toronto   CBC.ca

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Toronto Star
   
Rising deaths prompt growing worries about fentanyl   
Toronto Star
Tina Espey would have been 22 today, looking forward to the future, perhaps planning a family and working toward a career as a nurse or an orthodontist. But she barely got to see adulthood, her life tragically cut short by fentanyl. Espey was just 19 ...
Fentanyl misuse a growing problem in Ontario, police warn   CTV News
Fentanyl a growing problem in Toronto: Police   Toronto Sun
Cocaine 'contaminated' with fentanyl suspected in Winnipeg overdose death   CBC.ca
Vancouver Sun   
The Province   
Globalnews.ca   
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24 Hours Vancouver
   
Mutated mice show enhanced brain power: UBC study   
24 Hours Vancouver
A University of B.C. scientist has mutated mice, giving them advanced intelligence that he believes can provide new insights into post-traumatic stress disorder — and improve memory and cognitive function for people with dementia. “(The mice) were ...
Mouse mutation may shed light on human dementia   Vancouver Sun
Mutation to single gene makes mice brainy   Laboratory Products News
What 'brainy mice' can tell us about dementia and PTSD   University of British Columbia
Delta-Optimist (blog)   
iFreePress.com (blog)   
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Vancouver Sun
   
If everyone was as healthy as people in BC, Canada would save billions   
Vancouver Sun
If all Canadians were as slim, active and tobacco-free as British Columbians, the country would reduce its economic burden from bad health by 10 per cent, according to research from - of course - British Columbia. A study today in the Canadian Journal ...
Health study shows economic burden of smoking, overeating, inactivity   CBC.ca
BC has the lowest obesity, smoking and inactivity rates in Canada: Report   MetroNews Canada
Smoke-free city parks and recreation properties is good public policy   Hamilton Spectator
Saskatoon StarPhoenix   
Yorkshire Evening Post   
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The Globe and Mail
   
Women satisfied with IUDs as long-acting contraceptive, study suggests   
The Globe and Mail
Women who choose IUDs for long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) tend to keep the devices over several years, suggesting they're satisfied with that method, according to a new U.S. study. Women in the St. Louis, Mo., area who chose long-acting ...

Women tend to stick with IUDs over long term   Vocal Republic

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Calgary Herald
   
Safeway urges consumers in five provinces to throw out cooked chicken wings   
Calgary Herald
Safeway is recalling several varieties of store-packaged, cooked chicken wings over concerns they may be contaminated with a toxin-producing bacteria. Justin Sullivan / Getty Images. ShareAdjustCommentPrint. OTTAWA - Safeway is recalling several ...

Safeway recalls chicken wings in 5 provinces   Toronto Sun
Contaminated chicken prompts Safeway recall in BC   Vancity Buzz

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Toronto Sun
   
Side effects may lead breast cancer patients to skip drugs   
Toronto Sun
Breast cancer patients who report more side effects of their hormone therapy drugs and less confidence communicating with their doctors are more likely to intentionally or unintentionally miss a dose, according to a new study. "Endocrine" therapy ...
WHO appoints Canadian MD to help guide women's cancer care in developing nations   Vancouver Sun

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Ottawa Citizen
   
Ottawa Mission adds seven hospice beds for homeless   
Ottawa Citizen
The Ottawa Mission is expanding its Diane Morrison Hospice to 21 beds from 14 to give more homeless people the support and dignity they need in their final days. The extra seven beds inside the renovated space at 53 Daly Ave., next to the Mission on ...

Mission possible at Ottawa Mission Hospice   Ottawa Sun
Ottawa Mission hospice expands to treat more chronically ill homeless patients   CBC.ca
Ottawa Mission expands palliative care service   580 CFRA Radio

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News Talk 650 CKOM
   
Saskatoon pot dispensary opens, despite legal issues   
News Talk 650 CKOM
Moments after speaking to city officials about regulating medical marijuana dispensaries in Saskatoon, compassion club owner Mark Hauk opened the doors to the city' first dispensary. “It's open for everyone; the look and feel is like going to a doctor ...
Medical marijuana dispensary opens in Saskatoon; owner seeks business licence   mysask.com
Saskatoon man opens city's first medical marijuana dispensary   CBC.ca
Medical marijuana dispensary opens in Saskatoon   CTV News
Saskatoon StarPhoenix   
News Talk 980 CJME   
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