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'Research chemicals' making their way into illicit drug markets, police say
The accidental drug overdose of a Nova Scotia man is shining a light on so-called research chemicals that are making their way into the illicit drug market. More read comments
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NDP warn cuts to Ontario doctors' fees will mean longer waits
Cuts to doctors's fees that took effect Thursday in Ontario triggered dire warnings from physicians and the opposition parties about longer wait times for patients. More read comments
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'You can hear the vibration of the saw,' brain surgery performed on woman while awake
A Saskatoon woman, Alix Hayden, says she remembers everything that happened during her brain surgery earlier this month. More read comments audio
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Intolerable price
Valeant Pharmaceuticals' drug price hikes in crosshairs of U.S. Congress
Executives of Quebec-based company to be invited to explain why they dramatically raised heart drug prices
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Pharmaceuticals
Drug price regulations need overhaul to protect consumers, experts say
System to ensure Canadians don't overpay for pharmaceuticals no longer works in today's market
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DRUG PRICE SHOCK
Tuberculosis drug price jumps 2,000%, shocks doctors
Cycloserine is a critical drug used to treat a rare form of tuberculosis
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Osteoporosis
New fall prevention guidelines for frail seniors
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Healthy eating
'Eating fat makes you fat' idea debunked
Sugar, salt have replaced healthy fats in food
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Health or Hype?
Cosmetics marketing focuses on 'fairy dust' ingredients that change nothing
FDA sends warning letters to cosmetic companies making drug claims
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Nutrition
Vitamins from A to Zinc: A reality check
Cases when doctors recommend supplements often the exception rather than the rule
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Health or Hype?
Reading in dim light debunked
Eye strain prevention for the digital age
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FOOD
'Cut the crap,' get back to nutritional basics, Heart and Stroke Foundation advises
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Marriage
Spouses of stroke survivors advised to move beyond caregiver role
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INTERACTIVE
Pledge to vote and challenge your friends
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SCHOOLS
'Self-regulation' jargon in schools gets simplified by psychologists
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MUSIC HEALS
Parkinson's choir may help 'masked face syndrome'
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Refugees & migrants
Refugee health–care services limited
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Go Public
Receptionist with no medical training glues boy's eye shut during procedure
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Sexual desire
Flibanserin, 'female Viagra,' distracts from real causes of low libido: critics
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MEDICAL RESEARCH
Cuts to MD/PhD funding greeted with 'horror' by medical scientists
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FENTANYL
Fentanyl deaths are a Canada-wide 'disaster'
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Analysis
How pharmaceutical company Alexion set the price of the world's most expensive drug
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Point of View
Angelina Jolie, my mother and her influence on difficult BRCA surgery choice
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Diet
Chocolate health myths dissolve
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Chronic vertigo
Misunderstood and misdiagnosed, the mystery of vertigo
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