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'He was losing his heartbeat': Windsor teen saves dad's life with CPR learned 2 days earlier
Canada -Windsor ||
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Family doctors should begin screening patients for alcohol addiction at age 12, B.C. guideline says
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Camille Bains
Canada -British Columbia |
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LifeLabs pays ransom after cyberattack exposes information of 15 million customers in B.C. and Ontario
Canada -British Columbia ||
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Vaping increases risk of lung disease by a third, U.S. study suggests
Using e-cigarettes significantly increases the risk of respiratory disease such as asthma and emphysema, a U.S. study suggests in one of the first studies to show these potential long-term harms.
Health ||
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Ontario delays new autism program, prompting tears from struggling parents
Parents of children with autism burst into tears today as the provincial government announced that a needs-based program will be phased in over two years, instead of being up and running in April as previously promised.
Canada -Toronto ||
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Women don't call their research 'novel' or 'excellent' as often as men do
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Emily Chung
Technology & Science ||
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Cannabis edibles, topicals and extracts available online in B.C. starting Thursday
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Estefania Duran
Canada -British Columbia ||
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UNAIDS agency fires whistleblower after misconduct probe
Health ||
BEAUTIFUL MESS
Father says people with disabilities should be offered support to have children, not dissuaded from doing it
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Nichole Huck
Canada -Saskatchewan ||
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Doctors warn Crohn's, arthritis patients will pay a price as Alberta pulls drug funding
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Sarah Rieger
Canada -Calgary ||
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Zero psychologists are working at N.S. clinic for RCMP, military members with PTSD
Elizabeth Chiu
Canada -Nova Scotia |
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'I was burned:' Men say they were denied service at Saskatchewan detox centre
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Stephanie Taylor
Canada -Saskatchewan |
Ottawa doctor pens nursery rhyme to teach proper handwashing
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Laura Glowacki
Canada -Ottawa ||
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Montreal high school students save teacher's life using CPR, defibrillator
Canada -Montreal ||
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Long-term breast cancer survivors face unexpected challenges
Health |
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'A very pernicious system': After decades of inaction, could psychotherapy finally be regulated in B.C.?
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Bethany Lindsay
Canada -British Columbia |
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Owners of Purdue Pharma took more money from opioid-producing company after being fined for misleading public
World |
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No cannabis edibles for Christmas in 3 provinces because of delays
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Amanda Pfeffer
Canada -Ottawa ||
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Napping has been redeemed by health experts, but don't overdo it
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Kas Roussy
Health ||
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Second Opinion
Health Canada says it hasn't tested health effects of cannabis vaping but will release new products anyway
Adam Miller
Health |
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'It's a milestone, I'm thrilled': B.C. survivor of conversion therapy applauds federal commitment to ban it
Canada -British Columbia |
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Flu activity recorded across Canada for 1st time this season: PHAC
Health ||
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38 opioid-related deaths in Windsor-Essex in first 6 months of 2019
Canada -Windsor ||
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8 cases of whooping cough confirmed in N.W.T.'s Tlicho region
Canada -North |
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Canada's guidelines say most women in their 40s don't need a mammogram. This breast cancer survivor disagrees
Radio -White Coat - Black Art |
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Opinion
Careful, Canada: What Ireland has learned about two-tier health care
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Steve Thomas
Opinion ||