2015年9月2日 星期三

2015-09-03 Canada English Health


CTV News
   
CDA pushes federal parties to adopt tax on sugary drinks   
CTV News
The Canadian Diabetes Association wants federal parties to take action to address an "epidemic" of Type 2 diabetes in the country by implementing a tax on sugary drinks, among several other measures. The charitable organization says that more than 10 ...

Diabetes association wants tax added to sugary drinks in Canada   CBC.ca
Should Canada add a "diabetes tax" to sugary drinks?   Cantech Letter
Tax sugary soft drinks, urges Canadian Diabetes Association   Vancity Buzz
KelownaNow   
Belleville Intelligencer   
CanadianManufacturing.com   
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Vancouver Sun
   
Arthritis Society offers guide for medical marijuana   
Vancouver Sun
The Arthritis Society has released a how-to guide for navigating Canada's changing landscape surrounding medical marijuana. The national patient advocacy and research organization created “Medical Cannabis: A guide to access” and explanatory videos ...

New Canadian study says many growers don't really know their weed   Cantech Letter
Guess Where You Can Medically Expense Your Cannabis Purchases?   Leafly
We Have No Idea What Kind Of Cannabis We're Buying   Modern Farmer
Digital Journal   
Techie News   
Wyoming Tribune   
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The Star Online
   
Activity trackers vary in accuracy   
The Star Online
Not created equal: As popular as wearables like FitBit are, they're not all created equal and their accuracy rates can vary wildly. — AFP. Wrist-worn activity trackers, increasingly popular among consumers and in healthcare research, can vary ...
Wrist-worn activity trackers vary greatly in accuracy, study finds   The Globe and Mail
Correctness of activity trackers are different   Bulletin Leader

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The Province
   
B.C. government to offer rewards points for staying in shape   
The Province
VICTORIA — Staying in shape and eating right will soon pay off in British Columbia, where an initiative is in the works to reward people with collector points for healthy-lifestyle choices, says Health Minister Terry Lake. B.C. is set to launch a ...
Reward points for fitness   The Budapest Report
Reward points coming for active BC residents   Times Colonist

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Atlanta Journal Constitution
   
Young cancer patients turn to happy places to cope   
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Want more news? Sign up for free newsletters to get more of the AJC delivered to your inbox. Everyone has a figurative “happy place” for when times are tough. For children battling childhood cancer, the practice of “going to your happy place” is not ...
Zero Childhood Cancer program launched   SBS
Mayor launches Childhood Cancer Awareness Month   Boston Herald
The Breastfeeding Corner   Huffington Post
Connacht Tribune Group   
ABC Online   
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Yahoo News Canada (blog)
   
Vancouver model takes on fat-shaming social media trolls   
Yahoo News Canada (blog)
It's called Project Harpoon and it's a social media campaign to fat-shame plus-sized women by digitally altering their images into thinner versions of themselves. But a Vancouver model targeted by the website is fighting back and has successfully had ...

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CBC.ca
   
Legionnaires' disease confirmed in Dartmouth by Health Authority   
CBC.ca
Residents of a Dartmouth apartment building are sleeping uneasily tonight after learning that one resident has Legionnaires' disease and several others are sick. "lt never dawned on us that we might be sick because there was a problem in the building.
Case of Legionnaires' disease confirmed in Nova Scotia   CTV News
Legionnaires' disease confirmed at Dartmouth apartment building   TheChronicleHerald.ca
Legionella case confirmed in Dartmouth apartment building   MetroNews Canada
Globalnews.ca   
Quincy Herald Whig   
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CTV News
   
Nurse sets up easy access auto injectors to help with severe allergic reactions   
CTV News
SUSSEX, N.B. -- A nurse practitioner hopes to prevent needless deaths from severe allergic reactions by installing publicly accessible auto injectors of epinephrine in prominent locations in Sussex, N.B.. Kelly Dunfield, 51, and her son Robert Dunfield ...
Sussex places epinephrine injectors in public locations   CBC.ca

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Toronto Star
   
Health Care Teams to Implement Innovative Bundled Care Approach   
Government of Ontario News
Ontario is funding six cross-sector health care teams to implement innovative bundled care projects in their communities. These teams will focus their work on patients who require short-term care at home after leaving hospital. The province plans to ...
Ontario expands bundled healthcare project   Toronto Star
Bundled health-care coming for patients   Brantford Expositor
Bundled Care model a success at St. Joes   AM900 CHML
HamiltonNews (press release) (registration)   
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CTV News
   
Palliative care facilities have no plans to offer assisted suicide   
CTV News
Medically-assisted suicide will be legal in Quebec later this year, but many palliative care centres want nothing to do with it. Euthanasia for incurable patients will be legal as of Dec. 1, and the provincial College of Physicians is recommending ...
Palliative care residence says 'no' to euthanasia   Globalnews.ca
Euthanasia: Palliative care centres refuse to offer the service   CJAD
Health and Wellness: Do you need palliative care?   Daily Herald
Swindon Advertiser   
PR Web (press release)   
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