Health Topstories
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Groups train workers to help LGBT seniors feel more comfortable in long-term care
Since 2008, Brian Hobbs and a group of volunteers with the Ottawa Senior Pride Network have spearheaded an effort, now mirrored by other groups across the country, to make LGBT seniors feel more comfortable in long-term care facilities. More
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SECOND OPINION | New secrets from tobacco industry documents
Tobacco documents reveal the industry had its eye on nicotine gum and patches decades ago. More
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Health Canada warns of suffocation risks of baby nests
Health Canada is warning the public about the suffocation risk associated with small, portable beds with soft, padded sides known as baby nests. More
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CHILDBIRTH
Safety and oversight questions emerge over placenta capsules
Some Canadian health professionals calling for stricter standards following infection of infant in U.S.
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SECOND OPINION
Your life is leaving genetic scars that might show up in your child's genes
Growing evidence that life experience can be passed genetically from one generation to the next
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Loneliness
Why loneliness can be as unhealthy as smoking 15 cigarettes a day
'Maybe if it was cooler,' more people would be open about feeling isolated, says woman who struggles with it
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SCIENCE HYPE
Sports hype of platelet-rich plasma 'powerful marketing tool' but distorts the science
Evidence on when and how to use PRP becoming more murky, sports medicine physicians say
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CANCER
Cancer lingo: How one person's thoughtful metaphor can be another's cliché
When it comes to someone living with cancer, is fight-focused language the best approach?
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Cystic fibrosis
'Keep them well': New cystic fibrosis medications move closer to a cure
Genetic disorder worsens with time but intervening earlier could spare children from damaged lungs
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MED SCHOOL
Pursuing the MD dream: How Caribbean-trained Canadian doctors struggle to come home
MDs who studied medicine abroad suggest thinking hard before making a decision
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WORKPLACE HEALTH
Too much standing is bad, study finds — it's time to move
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BACK PAIN
Commonly prescribed drugs for back pain often ineffective, review says
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SECOND OPINION
Pregnancy paradox: Dangers of not testing drugs on pregnant women
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BIOFILMS
Scientists find new way to attack tough lung infections
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SMARTPHONES
'OK doc, I'm rolling': Physicians told to expect patients recording them
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Meat allergy tick
Aggressive tick whose bite makes people allergic to red meat is arriving in Canada
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Mental health meds
More communication key to balancing weight gain risk against benefits of mental health meds
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Uber MDs
Online doctor consultations take off in Canada
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Loperamide high
'Poor man's methadone': Imodium is a potentially fatal high
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THE POWER OF DANCE
Dancing towards the light: Nunavut youth use music to keep suicide at bay
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Analysis
Opioid conflict-of-interest controversy reveals extent of big pharma's ties to doctors
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Superbug
'The enemy of my enemy is my friend:' Couple turns to viruses to beat back superbug
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Food outbreaks
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CBC Investigates
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