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In today’s busy world people often get busy with their work unable to take care of their health properly. This Health & Medicine category will give you numerous health-related articles which will help you gain new information about good diets, healthy food habits, diseases, and its causes, symptoms, prevention, and cure.
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Even at a young age, Edite Flaums knew where she didn’t want to spend her final days. The 81-year-old Toronto woman remembers the times she and her sisters would visit relatives in long-term healthcare facilities. “We said, ‘We never want Read more …
A grieving father is calling for the government to fix Nova Scotia’s “failed mental health system” after his son was told it would take months to access mental health services. Stephen Nauss’s 20-year-old son, Anthony, had a history of mental health issues Read more …
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued warning letters to Sientra Inc and a Johnson & Johnson unit for failing to comply with the post-approval study requirements for their breast implants. The long-term safety of breast implants has been Read more …
The federal government has rejected a public effort to ban something that many Canadians may have assumed was already illegal. “We’re disappointed that we don’t have legislation at this point,” says Alberta activist Devon Hargreaves. “But we will continue to Read more …
An Ottawa family with private insurance says upcoming changes to OHIP+ will put a “huge financial strain” on their budget because they’ll have to pay out-of-pocket for part of their son’s expensive medication. The Ford government is scaling back the province’s Read more …
The Supreme Court of British Columbia has turned down a request from a Vancouver Island doctor who sought to look at the anonymous reviews colleagues made about his practice. Dr. Keith Laycock, a family doctor in Mill Bay, B.C., said he wanted to look Read more …
An Ottawa woman who lost both her legs and one of her arms after a dog bite sent her into septic shock says a new foundation designed to spread awareness about sepsis and connect survivors will save lives. The Canadian Sepsis Foundation Read more …
If more physicians from the United Kingdom decide to move to Nova Scotia, the province may have some of their former colleagues to thank. A group of doctors from overseas has started mentoring those who are also considering a big move through a Read more …
A county in New York City’s northern suburbs is banning unvaccinated minors from public places to fight a measles outbreak that has infected more than 150 people since October. Rockland County Executive Ed Day said at a news conference that Read more …
A civil trial is set to begin this week for two doctors accused of ignoring an elderly man’s wishes to stay alive and allegedly imposing a “do not resuscitate” order without consulting him or his substitute decision-maker. The $2.2-million suit Read more …