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Could a common treatment for joint pain do more harm than good?
A common treatment for a chronic pain condition that affects millions of Canadians may not be as safe as once thought, and experts say a growing body of research shows it could be doing more harm than good.
Adam Miller
Health ||
A cuddle from mum instead of morphine: How rooming in helps opioid-dependent newborns combat withdrawal
A growing body of evidence shows a rooming-in approach, which allow mothers and babies to stay together in a private room and bond through skin-to-skin contact and breastfeeding, can be as effective as drugs in combating infants' withdrawal symptoms.
Radio -White Coat - Black Art |
Canadian breakthrough that became the world's most expensive drug, then vanished, gets second chance
Kelly Crowe
Health ||
World's 1st Ebola vaccine gets green light from EU regulator
Health ||
Unable to get treatment here, N.S. woman with endometriosis to leave province
Emma Smith
Canada -Nova Scotia |
Vaping and e-cigarette regulations across Canada
Canada |
B.C. man sues Monsanto, Bayer, alleging Roundup herbicide caused his cancer
Liam Britten
Canada -British Columbia ||
Indigenous communities face 'abhorrent' housing conditions, UN report finds
Idil Mussa
Canada -Ottawa |
Juul suspends online sales of fruit, dessert flavours for e-cigarettes in U.S.
Health ||
Opioid prescriptions dropping in some provinces, report says
Amina Zafar
Health ||
Food for pot: Cannabis edibles, extracts and topicals now legal but can't be sold for some time
Liam Britten
Canada -British Columbia ||
She's not a doctor, but this nurse practitioner thinks she's part of the future of rural health
Alyson Samson
Canada -Nfld. & Labrador ||
Whooping cough outbreak declared in southern Alberta
Sarah Rieger
Canada -Calgary ||
Cancer clinics in Yarmouth, New Glasgow suspended due to doctor availability
Michael Gorman
Canada -Nova Scotia ||
HPV vaccine cuts rates of cervical pre-cancer by 57% in B.C. women
Canada -British Columbia ||
'Street valium' deaths prompt public health warning
Laura Glowacki
Canada -Ottawa ||
Beef recall expands as federal food agency investigation into Toronto slaughterhouse continues
Health ||
High-profile B.C. Mountie with PTSD says support system is 'broken' and 'in crisis'
Eric Rankin
Canada -British Columbia ||
High-performance? CBD-infused drinks for athletes coming as pot edibles are legalized
Laura MacNaughton
Business ||
First probable case of vaping-related illness confirmed in B.C.
Bethany Lindsay
Canada -British Columbia |
As cannabis vaping set to become legal, public health experts urge strict control
Health ||
Deadly Eastern equine encephalitis virus found in mosquito pool in Windsor, Ont.
Canada -Windsor ||
Pharmacists press federal parties to address persistent drug shortages
Emma Davie
Canada -Nova Scotia ||