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2nd Canadian dies after MS surgery A second Canadian has died after having an experimental vein treatment for multiple sclerosis, CBC News has learned. Maralyn Clarke, 56, of Calgary, suffered from MS for years before travelling to a clinic in Orange County, California.7/10/2011 6:26 AM
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˜Tiny belly' ads part of billion-dollar scam, U.S. government finds The ubiquitous "1 Tip for a Tiny Belly" online ads are a front for a billion-dollar diet scam the U.S. government has been fighting for months to shut down. "Nearly everything about these sites is a fake," the U.S. Federal Trade Commission said.7/8/2011 2:58 PM
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Too many doctors working bankers' hours: report New Brunswick's problem over access to family doctors is less about the amount of physicians working in the province and more about the hours they are keeping. Less than 25 per cent of those doctors are working earlier than 9 a.m. or after 5 p.m.7/8/2011 5:40 AM
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Stem cells may relieve persistent angina People with chest pain that doesn't respond to regular treatments may benefit from an injection of stem cells into their heart, a new study suggests. Patients who had the experimental stem cell injections reported half as many episodes of chest pain.7/8/2011 5:36 AM
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Humour study has implications for treating vegetative patients It's a case of not being put off by a blank stare, but brain researchers think humour might unlock an understanding of how people in vegetative states experience emotions. The researchers found that when a joke was funny, more brain activity was shown.7/8/2011 5:27 AM
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Lineups overnite for William and Kate and the Calgary Stampede Parade With news that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge would make an appearance at Friday's parade, many hauled out the lawn chairs, beach blankets and sleeping bags, prepared to spend the night on 6th and 9th Avenues for the best view possible. 7/8/2011 5:17 AM
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Deadly and spreading, superbug on the loose in Ontario hospitals Ontario hospitals are bracing for an influx of a highly contagious superbug that has already claimed the lives of at least 18 elderly patients in the province. Health-care practitioners are also worried about the virulence of the strain.7/7/2011 6:42 AM
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Society must shake off salt, report says Salt has gotten a bad rap, and it may be even worse for you than previously thought. That's according to a new study that suggests reducing how much salt you eat by half still isn't enough to lessen your long-term risks for cardiovascular disease. 7/6/2011 11:46 AM
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New solution can help 'permanently get rid of germs' A new anti-microbial treatment that can make clothing, including smelly socks, permanently germ-free has been developed by US scientists. The spray-on solution can be applied to existing garments, according to the team from the University of Georgia.7/6/2011 6:49 AM
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The Canadian Cancer Society spends more on fundraising than research CBC's Marketplace analyzed the Canadian Cancer Society's financial reports dating back a dozen years. It discovered that each year, as the society raised more dollars, the proportion of money it spent on research dropped dramatically ” from 40.3 per cent in 2000 to under 22 per cent in 2011.7/6/2011 5:16 AM
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Calgary seniors home evicting 29 residents Dozens of elderly and ailing residents at a Calgary facility face eviction after the province's health authority and the private owner failed to agree on a lease renewal. 3 months ago, Len Lomore sold his condominium and moved into the facility.7/5/2011 3:40 PM
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Judging penis size by comparing index, ring fingers Penis length cannot be determined by how big his hands or feet are -- those and other supposed indicators have been widely discredited for years. But now a team of Korean researchers has produced what may be a more reliable guide.7/5/2011 5:30 AM
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What's really in that hot dog? Each year between Memorial Day and Labor Day, Americans consume 7 billion hot dogs (that's 818 every second!), according to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council. So how do you pick out the healthiest hot dog? 7/4/2011 5:47 AM
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Copper kills 97 percent of hospital ICU bacteria: study Antimicrobial copper surfaces in intensive care units (ICU) kill 97 percent of bacteria that can cause hospital-acquired infections, according to a multisite clinical trial. Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are the fourth leading cause of death in the United States.7/3/2011 8:41 PM
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Vernon: Crowd rallies for VJH upgrades A considerable crowd gathered in front of Vernon Jubilee Hospital Friday to rally for upgrades to the new hospital care tower. About 200 people gathered in hopes of increasing pressure on the provincial government to better staff the facility.7/3/2011 6:56 AM
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The Medical-Industrial Complex: It's evening in America The U.S. medical-industrial complex is the biggest and fastest growing business in America. In fact, it's about the only business in America that's growing. In some parts of the country, health care is the No. 1 employer.7/3/2011 6:54 AM
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FDA probes new death, infections tied to tainted wipes Federal health officials are investigating whether contaminated alcohol prep products from a shuttered Wisconsin firm led to the death of a 66-year-old man who developed a bacterial infection after being treated for skin cancer and diabetes. 7/2/2011 11:54 AM
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Lung cancer scans can lead to false alarms Full results of a big study that showed some smokers' lives could be saved by screening with lung scans now reveal more clearly what the risks are: There's a good chance of a false alarm. 95 per cent of them turned out to have nothing wrong.7/1/2011 6:49 AM
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Standardized quality of care would improve hospital service: BCMA Standardized quality-improvement measures should be put in place provincewide to improve efficiency and care for the more than 400,000 patients who undergo surgery each year, says a B.C. Medical Association report released today.7/1/2011 6:03 AM
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Patient bills doctor for wasted time Elaine Farstad got antsy as she waited for her doctor, who was late for her scheduled appointment. Then she got downright impatient. Then, as nearly two hours passed, she got mad. Then she came up with an idea.6/30/2011 8:16 AM
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Human cost of asbestos is not worth the Quebec jobs For the sake of hundreds of jobs, $90 million a year in sales and our prime minister's refusal to be wrong about anything, Canada is now the world's only developed nation to not formally acknowledge chrysotile asbestos as a carcinogen.6/30/2011 7:53 AM
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˜Man flu' is real, study finds Just because a guy cowers in bed with aches and chills, while his girlfriend barely catches the sniffles, doesn't make him a wuss. Women are simply less likely to succumb to bugs. In other words, "man flu" is real. 6/29/2011 5:20 AM
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Your dishwasher may be growing gross fungi Researchers collected microbial samples from 189 dishwashers in 18 countries, including Australia, South Africa, China and Slovenia. They were stunned to discover that 62 percent of the dishwashers tested positive for fungi. 6/28/2011 5:57 PM
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Exchange student secretly kept dead baby for 10 days just to 'be together' (*Warning-graphic descriptions) Narumi Bito first knew she had been pregnant after looking into the toilet just after midnight, during a bout of "excruciating" abdominal pains. That's when she saw what appeared to be a lifeless baby.6/28/2011 5:27 PM
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Diet sodas don't help with dieting People who said they drank two or more diet sodas a day experienced waist size increases that were six times greater than those of people who didn't drink diet soda, according to researchers from the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.6/28/2011 5:10 PM
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How to barbecue like prehistoric man The ritual of grilling meat over an open flame dates back to prehistoric times. A study slated for publication details how Stone Age hunters were also barbecue connoisseurs, killing large cattle known as aurochs before feasting on cooked, cut-up pieces of meat.6/28/2011 5:04 PM
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Working out delays aging: UBC study Zoomers, boomers aged 45 and up, should be packing local gyms if they want to stay healthy, disease-free and independent as long as possible. Disability, illness and disease aren't actually the reason why seniors eventually become frail.6/28/2011 7:11 AM
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Longest Trial Ever Confirms Mammograms' Benefits Mammography screening reduces breast cancer deaths even more than most experts have long believed. In a study with a follow-up of nearly three decades, researchers found that the benefits of the screenings become clearer as the decades roll on.6/28/2011 7:00 AM
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B.C. Scheduling tool cuts chemo wait times Over the last year, Vancouver's branch of the BC Cancer Agency has reduced the days patients wait for their first chemotherapy treatments, dramatically decreased the size of waiting lists and vastly improved notice to patients of their appointments. 6/28/2011 6:49 AM
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34,000 Japanese children to get radiation meters Radiation meters will be distributed to about 34,000 children living in the largest city near the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. The decision comes amid growing concern over the safety of children as the nuclear crisis at the plant drags on.6/28/2011 5:54 AM
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Diabetes rate sharply increases An estimated 350 million people worldwide have diabetes, according to new research published in the Lancet. It describes the disease as a "rising global hazard" and says global diabetes rates have doubled from 1980 to 2008.6/28/2011 5:23 AM
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Judge thrown off cancer survivor's case In a rare decision last week, the Ontario Superior Court has removed a lower court judge from a case for "bias" after refusing to postpone the trial of a young Toronto woman fighting Hodgkin's lymphoma.6/28/2011 5:09 AM
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Canada's governments say, 'Health Crisis? What Health Crisis?' Dr. Jeff Turnbull remembers a time when turning away patients was just not done. In the past year he has had to cancel 580 procedures at The Ottawa Hospital, where he is chief of staff. Turning patients away has become an everyday practice across the country.6/27/2011 6:28 AM
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Man who killed Alberta caregiver was flagged as dangerous to women A 2008 report obtained by CBC News warned that a mentally disabled Alberta man who was later accused of killing his mental health worker could be so aggressive that he posed a threat to anyone who cared for him.6/27/2011 6:10 AM
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France says its E.coli strain same as Germany's France's health minister says experts are "99 percent sure" that the E. coli outbreak that put seven people in the hospital in Bordeaux region is the same strain of bacteria that killed 43 people in Germany. 6/27/2011 5:45 AM
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Doctors survey: Wait time to see Canadian doctors grows In spite of improvements in some areas, doctors are finding it harder to meet the changing health-care needs of the growing number of Canadians living with chronic and complex medical conditions, the survey suggested.6/27/2011 5:41 AM
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Type 2 diabetes in newly diagnosed 'can be reversed' An extreme eight-week diet of 600 calories a day can reverse Type 2 diabetes in people newly diagnosed with the disease, says a Diabetologia study. Seven out of 11 people studied were free of diabetes three months later.6/25/2011 8:24 AM
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Breast cancer prostate drug hope Drugs used to treat prostate cancer in men may also be useful for difficult-to-treat breast cancers in some women, a study suggests. Cancer Research UK said the findings were a "great surprise".6/25/2011 8:20 AM
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Do online daters take more risks, sex survey asks Some women who hook up in the online dating world may take more risks in their sexual behaviour, says a Canadian researcher who has launched a study on the topic. She has noticed that clients quickly grew close to people they'd met online. 6/25/2011 5:42 AM
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With asbestos, we are the Ugly Canadians We mine asbestos, we ship it, we make money from it, and we'll use every diplomatic trick in the book to defend this odious practice. This week, the Ugly Canadians stood alone against the world in blocking the listing of chrysotile asbestos as a hazardous chemical.6/25/2011 5:04 AM
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STD campaign asks lovers to give out meds Should doctors be allowed to give pills to patients they've never seen, whose names they don't know, for a disease somebody may or may not have? Yes, if the suspected disease is a sexually transmitted disease, according to a new law in Connecticut. 6/24/2011 3:53 PM
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Doctors are prescribing deadly drug combinations for the elderly Doctors are prescribing common drugs for elderly patients that are killing them, the first study of its kind reported on Friday. "It goes against the Hipocratic Oath," study lead author Dr. Chris Fox told the Star. "They are doing harm."6/24/2011 10:04 AM
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Hospital doctors work shifts as long as 28 hours First-year residents may soon get a reprieve from grueling hospital shifts that last more than 24 hours, but that is not enough to prevent an alarming number of medical errors, according to a report released on Friday. 6/24/2011 8:53 AM
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Bad choices, not aging, packs on the pounds Adults gain almost a pound a year as they age, and much of that weight gain is caused by changes in diet such as eating extra servings of foods such as potato chips, french fries, sugar-sweetened drinks, white bread and low-fiber breakfast cereals6/24/2011 6:23 AM
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Kelowna RCMP 'forced' to change policy, now complying with the law Until Wednesday, the RCMP˜s West Kelowna detachment was denying requests for criminal record checks that prospective growers of medical marijuana need to get a licence. Supt. Bill McKinnon said police will resume issuing the record-check forms. 6/24/2011 6:16 AM
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Potatoes bad, nuts good for staying slim, Harvard study finds Is a serving of boiled potatoes really much worse than a helping of nuts? Is some white bread as bad as a candy bar? Could yogurt be a key to staying slim? The answer to all those questions is yes.6/24/2011 5:36 AM
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U.S. Lawmakers to introduce bill to legalize marijuana A group of US representatives plan to introduce legislation that will legalize marijuana and allow states to legislate its use, pro-marijuana groups said Wednesday. The legislation would allow people to legally grow, use or sell marijuana in states where it is legal.6/23/2011 2:41 PM
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Justice? Judge extends status quo on marijuana laws Existing marijuana laws are to remain in place until Ottawa can study, and possibly reform, government needs time if it is to get it right," appeal court Justice Robert Blair said in extending the status quo.6/23/2011 7:38 AM
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Genetic mutation can lead to some buff bodies Genetic mutations that cause mammals ” including humans ” to develop super ripped muscles are now resulting in exceedingly buff fish, according to Animal Genetics. The mutations can result in a doubling or even tripling of muscle mass in affected species. 6/23/2011 7:27 AM
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To the showers! Poll highlights health hazards of public swimming You teach your kids to wash their hands before eating and after using the bathroom, but do you make sure they shower before swimming in a public pool or water park? Many parents don't understand the range of risks for contracting waterborne infections.6/23/2011 7:25 AM
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