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After long-awaited recognition, serious research begins on chronic fatigue syndrome
A network of Canadian scientists is trying to make up for lost time in their search for a standard diagnostic test and treatment for myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. About 580,000 Canadians live with the disease, yet there has been little research into ME/CFS until recently.
Vik Adhopia
Health ||
1st local polio case reported in Zambia since 1995
The World Health Organization says Zambia has reported its first local case of polio since 1995. The case was detected on the border with Congo.
Health |
How Zantac went from world's best-selling drug to being pulled from store shelves
Health ||
Option to freeze eggs at N.S. fertility clinic now open to all — for a price
Carolyn Ray
Canada -Nova Scotia |
U of M researchers head to West Africa to study how Ebola affects reproductive system
Nicholas Frew
Canada -Manitoba ||
B.C. man's death at trampoline park was an accident, coroner's report finds
Rhianna Schmunk
Canada -British Columbia ||
Tories propose mandatory vaccinations for N.S. public school children
Michael Gorman
Canada -Nova Scotia ||
Blog
Episiotomy helpful in forceps births says Canadian study
Health |
Lack of ambulances leaves Ottawa at 'level zero' in life-and-death situations
Laura Osman
Canada -Ottawa ||
'We have more work to do' on helping Mounties with PTSD: RCMP commissioner
Eva Uguen-Csenge
Canada -British Columbia ||
Should nurses be allowed to prescribe certain drugs? Ontario wants to know
Shawn Jeffords
Canada -Toronto ||
Drug companies in opioid epidemic settle with Ohio counties, avoiding 1st federal trial
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'Powerful piece of circumstantial evidence' that virus causes paralyzing illness in kids
Health ||
Second Opinion
Could a common treatment for joint pain do more harm than good?
Adam Miller
Health ||
'That's a crisis': P.E.I. senior spends 9 nights in ER waiting for long-term care bed
Sarah MacMillan
Canada -PEI ||
Point of View
Living with saving a life: How I saved my son from a life-threatening allergy
Jean Paetkau
Canada -British Columbia |
Heartburn drug Zantac recalled in Canada, U.S. over contamination fears
Health ||
Changing the tune on tortured artists and musicians' mental health
Jessica Wong
Entertainment ||
More beef products recalled due to possible E. coli contamination
Canada |
Kathy Woudzia's daughter is dead and she wants people to know why
Canada -British Columbia |
Regulations, funding keep Canada from becoming world leader in cannabis research, scientists say
Aidan Geary
Canada -Manitoba ||
A cuddle from mum instead of morphine: How rooming in helps opioid-dependent newborns combat withdrawal
Radio -White Coat - Black Art |
Ebola in Congo still qualifies as global emergency, World Health Organization says
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