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Updated Tattoo pigments transported to lymph nodes, corpses show
An estimated 20 per cent of Canadians have been tattooed, but what are the long-term effects? Scientists analyzed tattoo pigment samples from four corpses and two control subjects, and learned where tiny pigment samples ended up. More
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Live Opioid poisonings land 16 Canadians in hospital each day on average, 53% jump over 10 years
The average number of Canadians who have been hospitalized because of opioid poisoning is growing, according to new numbers published by the Canadian Institute for Health Information, but even with new numbers, tracking the breath of the crisis in Canada continues to run up against problems. More read comments video
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Puzzling study prompts call to examine flu vaccine and miscarriage
A puzzling study of U.S. pregnancies found that women who had miscarriages between 2010 and 2012 were more likely to have had back-to-back annual flu shots that included protection against swine flu. More
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Fentanyl crisis
Life or death lessons: Schools are taking on the fentanyl crisis but drug curriculum a patchwork
B.C. 'far leads the country' in school programs
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SECOND OPINION
The demise of a dietary dogma?
And scientists aim for an affordable made-in-Canada CAR-T therapy
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Blog
New risk for new moms and moms to be
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Eating healthy
Fats, carbs — everything in moderation, study says
Low-fat diets have led to dangerously high carbohydrate consumption, researchers say
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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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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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MEAL TIME
Why Canada could benefit from a national school food program
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Back to school
The ABCs of preventing opioid damage as students head back to school
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Mental health care
Striking differences in rates of suicide attempts between provinces revealed in mental health findings
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ALLERGIES
Penicillin allergy labels are 'frequent but frequently inaccurate,' investigators find
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Seniors
Feeling at home: Staff trainers help LGBT seniors overcome fears in long-term care
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BACK PAIN
Commonly prescribed drugs for back pain often ineffective, review says
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Cystic fibrosis
'Keep them well': New cystic fibrosis medications move closer to a cure
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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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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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Superbug
'The enemy of my enemy is my friend:' Couple turns to viruses to beat back superbug
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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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