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Bob McDonald's blog
Get some sleep, and get your brain washed
Radio -Quirks & Quarks |
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Marketplace
Cut dairy from your diet? You may be deficient in vitamin D, calcium
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Katie Pedersen, Chelsea Gomez, Asha Tomlinson
Health ||
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Why you shouldn't salt a leech that's sucking your blood
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Emily Chung
Technology & Science ||
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Why doctors need to walk a 'fine line' when talking to parents about alternative therapies for autism
Given that many parents of children with autism seek out complementary and alternative therapies, the Canadian Paediatric Society says it's important that doctors get informed and talk about them — especially since those therapies are often expensive, unproven and even potentially harmful.
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Vik Adhopia
Health |
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Marketplace
Coconut oil is marketed as healthy, but it has more saturated fat than butter or lard
It's regularly touted as a "superfood" or a "healthy fat" and is found in health food stores across the country. But coconut oil is made up almost entirely of saturated fat. Marketplace looks at how the product came to be seen as an attractive alternative for cooking, baking — and even in coffee.
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Katie Pedersen, Chelsea Gomez, Asha Tomlinson
Health ||
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Mental health resources now only a click away for B.C.'s stressed first responders
Canada -British Columbia |
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U.S. teen gets double lung transplant after 'enormous' vaping damage
Canada -Windsor ||
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Warmer world is unhealthier place for children, doctors say
Technology & Science ||
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Benadryl shouldn't be available over the counter due to potential side effects, allergists say
Health ||
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Sweeping new B.C. regulations on vape products include higher taxes, health warnings on packaging
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Bethany Lindsay
Canada -British Columbia ||
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Old dogs, new tricks: 10,000 pets needed for canine aging study
Health ||
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U.S. superbug infections rising but deaths appear to be falling, CDC says
Health ||
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Ontario starts merging health agencies, fires 9 LHIN executives
Canada -Toronto ||
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As It Happens
Canadian program that grants small wishes to dying patients deemed a success
Radio -As It Happens |
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ER visits jumped after valsartan blood pressure medication recall, study says
Health ||
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How a student seeking mental-health treatment got handcuffed by U of T police
Canada -Toronto |
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'Do something now,' says chair of panel warning drug resistance may kill 400,000 Canadians by 2050
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Laura Kane
Health ||
Video
Mother speaks of 'intense pain' as son with autism becomes more violent as he ages
Amy Dodge
Canada -Windsor |
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Merck wins European approval to market first-ever Ebola vaccine
Health |
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Vaping-related lung transplant performed at Detroit hospital
Canada -Windsor ||
Woman is 3rd person this year diagnosed with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease at the Moncton Hospital
Tori Weldon
Canada -New Brunswick ||
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CBC Explains
'This is not a magic wand': Spinal stimulation used on Humboldt Bronco promising but in early research stages
Nicole Ireland
Health ||
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New law would make Albertans organ donors unless they opt out
Jordan Omstead
Canada -Edmonton ||
Photo exhibit highlights 'dehumanizing' problems from being diabetic and homeless
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Sarah Rieger
Canada -Calgary |
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Mock gore artist helps NAIT students prep for careers in health care
Canada -Edmonton ||
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'We call it the intensive care unit for a reason': SickKids ICU simulation pushes fundraising boundaries
Perlita Stroh
Canada -Toronto ||