2015年9月30日 星期三

2015-10-01 Canada English Health


Montreal Gazette
   
You probably won't live past 110 unless you already possess a rare combination ...   
Montreal Gazette
Known as Wall Street's oldest stockbroker, Irving Kahn died this year at the age of 109. He was born in 1905, made his first trade in 1929 before the Great Depression hit and continued to work for years after celebrating his 100th birthday. Remarkably ...

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CBC.ca
   
Childhood asthma risk affected by bacteria in early infancy   
CBC.ca
​Children gain protection against asthma if exposed to four types of gut bacteria by the age of three months, as their immune system is being established, a team of B.C. researchers has discovered. The researchers, from B.C. Children's Hospital ...
Canadian study identifies 'critical window' for developing asthma   Toronto Star
Gut bacteria may protect against asthma in infants, study finds   CTV News
Low levels of 4 key types of bacteria in baby's gut may lead to asthma: study   Edmonton Journal
Vancouver Sun   
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Vancouver Sun
   
Abbotsford seniors' facility fires its nursing staff, plans to contract out ...   
Vancouver Sun
ABBOTSFORD — An Abbotsford private care hospital for seniors is firing all of its nursing staff and plans to contract out the service. Menno Hospital, a 151-bed facility, is one of two residential care homes on the Menno Place campus in the Fraser Valley.
Abbotsford seniors' home nurses fired and replaced to cut costs   CBC.ca
Nurses protest layoffs at Abbotsford care home   MetroNews Canada
29 nurses replaced at Abbotsford senior's home to cut costs   CTV News
KamloopsBCNow   
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New York Times
   
Millions More Need HIV Treatment, WHO Says   
New York Times
The World Health Organization issued sweeping new guidelines on Wednesday that could put millions more people on H.I.V. drugs than are now getting them. The recommendations could go a long way toward halting the epidemic, health officials say, but ...

WHO calls for wider HIV treatment and PrEP   Bay Area Reporter
WHO urges preventative ARVs for HIV patients   The Nation
All 37 million HIV patients need immediate treatment, UN says   Toronto Star

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CBC.ca
   
Ontario to make in-vitro fertilization funding announcement Thursday   
CBC.ca
Health Minister Eric Hoskins will announce details of the province's funding of in-vitro fertilization treatments on Thursday afternoon. About two per cent of births in Ontario are a result of IVF, and Hoskins says the people will be able to get ...
Ontario to announce Thursday plans for in vitro fertilization treatments   The Globe and Mail
Ontario delay of IVF treatment plan leaves aspiring parents waiting   Toronto Star
Ontario's delay of IVF treatment plan leaves aspiring parents waiting   MetroNews Canada
CTV News   
National Post   
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CBC.ca
   
Alberta approves use of cheaper alternative drug for eye treatment   
CBC.ca
A new government program will allow eye specialists and their patients to choose between two drugs to treat several conditions that can lead to blindness, Health Minister Sarah Hoffman announced Wednesday. The program will save taxpayers up to $46 ...

Alberta health minister announces new eye-care program   Edmonton Journal
Alberta government to start paying for cost of drugs for vision loss   CTV News
Government okays eye drug that's the centre of controversy   630ched.com

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Calgary police focus on public education to stem rising fentanyl-related deaths   
mysask.com
CALGARY - Calgary police are warning of a public health crisis as the number of fentanyl-related deaths and overdoses in the city continues to rise. They say two people have died and 14 others have been taken to hospital over the past two weeks as a ...

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CBC.ca
   
Free up acute care beds with seniors-specific funding say care providers   
CBC.ca
Take a small portion of seniors' acute care funding, and redirect it into home and community care, including new long-term initiatives. That is the core recommendation in a report released today by the B.C. Care Providers Association. The report ...
How does our healthcare system deal with an aging population?   News1130
BC's long-term care homes seek bigger role with seniors   Vancouver Sun
Seniors' homes call on BC to act, now that Canada has more seniors than children   Am730 Vancouver Traffic News
KamloopsBCNow   
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The Globe and Mail
   
Top-heavy TVs pose a serious threat to young children   
The Globe and Mail
There's an often unrecognized hazard lurking in most Canadian homes that poses a potentially deadly threat to young children – the big-screen TV. Those top-heavy, flat-screen televisions can topple over onto children, crush their tiny bodies and, in ...
More children hurt by falling TVs: study   CTV News
Toppled TVs can cause serious harm to young children, neurosurgeon warns   CBC.ca
Falling big-screen TVs are hurting thousands of kids   Hamilton Spectator

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The Globe and Mail
   
Privacy czar calls on BC to boost health data security   
The Globe and Mail
If British Columbians can't trust authorities to secure their sensitive medical records, there could be serious consequences to their health and a slump in scientific research, says the province's privacy commissioner. Elizabeth Denham is calling for ...
Health data routinely breached says BC's privacy commissioner   CBC.ca
VIP patient snooping among health privacy breaches   Castlegar News

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