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Deadly bird flu on riseThe United Nations warned Monday of a possible resurgence of the deadly bird flu virus, saying wild bird migrations had brought it back to previously virus-free countries and that a mutant strain was spreading in Asia.
U of A to develop revolutionary device to treat CancerThe treatment is called Magnetic Resonance Real-time Guided Radiation Therapy (MRrtgRT), the prototype combines two existing pieces of equipment: a magnetic resonance scanner (MRI) and a linear accelerator (LINAC).
The MRrtgRT produces a real-time 3D i
Ontario's cure for medicare: snitchingAs provincial governments across the country grapple with the thorny issue of for-profit medicine, Ontario has taken the unprecedented step of setting up a toll-free snitch line for people to report cases of illegal private health care � and says it has t
New hepatitis C drug exciting -- but expensiveA new drug has just been approved by Health Canada for hepatitis C that might put the word "cure" within reach of some patients -- something unheard of with current treatments. But the drug comes with a hefty price tag and it's unclear who will be paying
Healthy eating is a privilege of the rich: U.S. studyA healthy diet is expensive and could make it difficult for Americans to meet new U.S. nutritional guidelines, according to a study published Thursday that says the government should do more to help consumers eat healthier.
Medical ghostwriters should be sued, lawyers argueAcademics who lend their names to medical and scientific articles that they didn't actually write are doing little more than prostituting themselves, according to two law professors at the University of Toronto.
Why are so few adults wearing bike helmets?Every day in Canada, 36 people end up in hospital from bicycle injuries. That rate hasn't changed much in the last decade, according to new data. But even with more kids wearing helmets when they cycle, the number of adults who insist on riding helmet-fre
Studies tie head injuries to Alzheimer's, dementia riskPARIS � A large study in older veterans raises fresh concern about mild brain injuries that hundreds of thousands of troops have suffered from explosions in recent wars. Even concussions seem to raise the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease or other de
Low-tech MedicAlert bracelets going high-techOTTAWA � It's a decidedly low-tech method responsible for saving countless lives across the country.
But as it marks 50 years in use in Canada, the MedicAlert system is beginning to have high-tech applications
Theory doesn't hold waterGulping down eight glasses of water a day to be healthy is a delusion and always has been, according to Margaret McCartney, the author of an article published Tuesday in the British Medical Journal.
Doctors in Spain perform first leg transplantDoctors in Spain have carried out the world's first double leg transplant, giving new lower limbs to a patient who lost both legs at mid-thigh in an accident, officials said Monday.
Court rejects illegal immigrant's bid for gov. health careThe Federal Court of Appeal has rejected an illegal immigrant's bid to have her medical treatments covered under Canada's healthcare system, saying it could undermine immigration laws and turn the country into a "health care safe haven".
Ontario calls in federal help in C. difficile outbreakA "disease detective" has been dispatched from Ottawa to help investigate the outbreak of the deadly superbug C. difficile in hospitals in southern Ontario, specifically the Niagara region.
A field epidemiologist with the Public Health Agency of Canada
Cancer Society spends more on fundraising than researchAn Ontario cancer researcher is concerned that the Canadian Cancer Society has proportionally shifted funding away from research and is spending more of its dollars on fundraising and administration costs.
"Most scientists don�t realize that the budget
N.C. Man Allegedly Robs Bank of $1 to Get Health Care in JailA 59-year-old man has been jailed in Gastonia, N.C., on charges of larceny after allegedly robbing an RBC Bank for $1 so he could get health care in prison. Richard James Verone handed a female teller a note demanding the money and claiming that he had a
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