Health Topstories
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SECOND OPINION: Bad news for wine lovers - there's no right way to drink
Two separate studies this week threw cold water on the theory that moderate drinking improves heart health and a health reporter says research linking common foods and health outcomes tends to be misleading. More
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People with serious food allergies want impostors to stop faking it in restaurants
People with serious food allergies want others to stop faking allergies in restaurants. They worry the tall tales may compel kitchen staff to stop taking any claim seriously. More read comments
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India reports its first cases of Zika virus
India has reported its first three cases of the Zika virus, including two pregnant women who delivered healthy babies. More read comments
- Check your pantry: more flour brands added to national flour recall list
- How telling patients of a possible side-effect may make it more likely
- More people with Alzheimer's dying at home in U.S., CDC finds
- Cannabidiol reduces seizures in kids with severe form of epilepsy, trial shows read comments video
Featured Health
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THE POWER OF DANCEDancing towards the light: Nunavut youth use music to keep suicide at bay
Nunavut has highest suicide rate in Canada
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Second OpinionAre animals born with the ability to count?
Also: a new sort of birth control, and the surprising number of Ontarians on opioids
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Loperamide high'Poor man's methadone': Imodium is a potentially fatal high
'It can cause your heart to stop ... suddenly they just drop dead,' says drug safety researcher
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White Coat Black ArtCould your doctor give you the pink slip?
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KNEESWhy Canada is wasting millions on useless knee surgeries
'Overwhelming evidence' arthroscopic surgery ineffective for arthritic knees, expert panel says
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MarketplaceUnproven homeopathic remedies for kids still promising relief despite new label rules
Health Canada's new rules for homeopathic products 'don't go far enough,' doctor says
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Opioids'People are dying out there': New guidelines for prescribing opioids encourage doctors to put down the pad
Prescribing of opioids should be 'carefully considered or not occur at all': author of new recommendations
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Superbug'The enemy of my enemy is my friend:' Couple turns to viruses to beat back superbug
Man with desperate infection rescued 100 years after Canadian co-discovery of phages
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SAFE SWIMS
Pool parasite: Swimmers urged to take simple steps to avoid Cryptosporidium
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Analysis
Opioid conflict-of-interest controversy reveals extent of big pharma's ties to doctors
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Class actions
Homeopathic remedies in legal hot water in U.S. but face scant Canadian pushback
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PREGNANCY
'Get outside and embrace the cold:' Gestational diabetes linked to warmer temperatures
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Tool or toy?
Why fidget toys may be hurting as many kids as they help
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Antibiotics
Patients with colds get inappropriate antibiotics in nearly half of visits to doctors, study suggests
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Digital psychiatry
'Wild West' mental health apps offer both gold and 'digital snake oil'
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Condoms
'Stealthing' could be considered assault say experts about secret removal of condom during sex
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Addiction treatment
Opioid addicts turn to psychedelic plants to treat withdrawal, but doctors warn of risks
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Storytelling
'It's made a difference': How word clouds offer solace to family members as a loved one dies
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Food outbreaks
Why food recalls may seem more frequent
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1,300 Canadians have died with medical assistance since legalization — here's one man's story
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CBC Investigates
Private health or public risk? How Alberta helped a foundation offer citizens 'experimental' care
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Childbirth
'Be calm': How to deliver a baby coming quickly any time, anyplace
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OPIOID ADDICTION
'Such courage': How one First Nation is fighting opioid addiction
Most Viewed
- SECOND OPINION: Bad news for wine lovers - there's no right way to drink
- India reports its first cases of Zika virus
- When customers with allergies dine out, who's responsible for their safety?
- How telling patients of a possible side-effect may make it more likely
- Tool or toy? Why fidget toys may be hurting as many kids as they help
- How to give babies peanut-based foods to cut allergy risk
- Why food recalls may seem more frequent
- Why Canada is wasting millions on useless knee surgeries
- More people with Alzheimer's dying at home in U.S., CDC finds
- Cannabidiol reduces seizures in kids with severe form of epilepsy, trial shows
